Table 1.
Standard binary logistic model including variables for postoperative complications (alveolar osteitis + alveolar infection) after simple exodontia (n = 793)
| Postoperative complication | P-value* | ORadjusted | 95% CI for OR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | ||||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 452 (57.0) | 4 (0.5) | |||
| Female | 331 (41.7) | 6 (0.8) | 0.2 | 2.5 | 0.5–13.3 |
| Age, years | |||||
| ≤ 33 | 265 (33.4) | 6 (0.8) | 0.4 | 3.9 | 0.3–39.6 |
| 34–47 | 260 (32.8) | 3 (0.4) | 0.2 | 1.9 | 0.1–19.9 |
| ≥ 48 | 258 (32.5) | 1 (0.1) | 0.5 | ||
| Tobacco | |||||
| User (≤ 20 cigarettes/day) | 156 (17.7) | 4 (0.5) | 0.04 | 4.5 | 1.0–18.9 |
| User (> 20 cigarettes/day | 24 (3.0) | 1 (0.1) | 0.03 | 12.3 | 1.0–149.8 |
| Non-user | 603 (76.0) | 5 (0.6) | 0.04 | ||
| Oral contraceptive | |||||
| Yes | 99 (12.5) | 3 (0.4) | 1.8 | 0.3–10.7 | |
| No | 684 (86.3) | 7 (0.9) | 0.5 | ||
| Ostectomy | |||||
| Yes | 93 (11.7) | 4 (0.5) | 1.5 | 0.2–8.0 | |
| No | 690 (87.0) | 6 (0.8) | 0.6 | ||
| Tooth sectioning | |||||
| Yes | 93 (11.7) | 4 (0.5) | 4.3 | 1.0–18.8 | |
| No | 690 (87.0) | 6 (0.8) | 0.050* | ||
| Duration of surgery | |||||
| ≤ 25 min | 233 (29.4) | 2 (0.3) | 0.7 | 0.1–3.8 | |
| > 25 min | 550 (69.4) | 8 (1.0) | 0.7 | ||
| Intraoperative complications (e.g. tooth fracture) | |||||
| Yes | 63 (7.9) | 2 (0.3) | 1.8 | 0.2–11.6 | |
| No | 720 (90.8) | 8 (1.0) | 0.5 | ||
*
Values in bold are significant at P ≤ 0.05.
OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.