Table 3.
The univariate analysis of the postoperative complications after the lower third molar extraction.
| No. of Postoperative complications (%) | No. of Postoperative complications (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | No | Yes | OR | P value | Variables | No | Yes | OR | P value |
| Gender | Disappearance of periodontal ligament space | ||||||||
| Male | 686 (37.6) | 70 (3.8) | 1.157 | NS | No | 1345 (73.7) | 147 (8.1) | 1.105 | NS |
| Female | 957 (52.4) | 113 (6.2) | .385 | Yes | 298 (16.3) | 36 (2.0) | .615 | ||
| Age, y | Radiographical association between root and inferior alveolar canal | ||||||||
| <32 | 1034 (56.6) | 96 (5.3) | 1.539 | <.01 | No association between root structure and the superior border of the canal | 759 (41.6) | 61 (3.) | – | <.001* |
| ≧32 | 609 (33.4) | 87 (4.6) | Root structure impinging the superior border of canal | 680 (37.2) | 80 (4.4) | ||||
| Diabetes mellitus | Overlapping root structure and canal | 204 (11.2) | 42 (2.3) | ||||||
| No | 1622 (88.8) | 181 (9.9) | 0.853 | NS | Pell and Gregory classification | ||||
| Yes | 21 (1.2) | 2 (0.1) | 1.000 | Class I | 446 (24.4) | 29 (1.6) | – | <.001* | |
| Immunosuppressor factor | Class II | 968 (53.0) | 116 (6.4) | ||||||
| No | 1619 (88.7) | 180 (9.9) | 1.124 | NS | Class III | 229 (12.5) | 38 (2.1) | ||
| Yes | 24 (1.3) | 3 (0.2) | .747 | Position A | 722 (42.3) | 50 (2.7) | – | .001* | |
| Hypertension | Position B | 806 (44.1) | 96 (5.3) | ||||||
| No | 1585 (86.8) | 176 (9.6) | 1.087 | NS | Position C | 115 (6.3) | 37 (2.0) | ||
| Yes | 58 (3.2) | 7 (0.4) | .833 | Bone removal | |||||
| Cerebral infarction | No | 164 (9.0) | 8 (0.4) | 2.426 | .05 | ||||
| No | 1630 (89.3) | 183 (10.0) | 0 | NS | Yes | 1479 (81.0) | 175 (9.6) | ||
| Yes | 13 (0.7) | 0 (0) | .632 | Tooth sectioning | |||||
| Drinking habit | No | 164 (9.0) | 9 (0.5) | 2.144 | <.05 | ||||
| No | 1335 (73.1) | 149 (8.2) | 0.989 | NS | Yes | 1479 (81.0) | 174 (9.5) | ||
| Yes | 308 (16.9) | 34 (1.9) | 1.000 | Primary wound closure | |||||
| Diarrhea | No | 250 (13.7) | 25 (1.4) | 1.134 | NS | ||||
| No | 1631 (89.3) | 182 (10.0) | 0.747 | NS | Yes | 1393 (76.3) | 158 (8.7) | .633 | |
| Yes | 12 (0.7) | 1 (0.1) | 1.000 | ||||||
| Comorbidities | |||||||||
| No | 1333 (73.0) | 140 (7.7) | 1.321 | NS | |||||
| Yes | 310 (17.0) | 43 (2.4) | |||||||
| Preoperative use of antibiotic | |||||||||
| No | 1231 (67.4) | 118 (6.5) | 1.646 | <.01 | |||||
| Yes | 412 (22.6) | 65 (3.6) | |||||||
| Preoperative use of painkiller | |||||||||
| No | 1614 (88.4) | 179 (9.8) | 2.214 | NS | |||||
| Yes | 29 (1.6) | 7 (0.4) | .083 | ||||||