Table 3.
Correlation of third molar treatment decisions made to the level of training and length of experience
| Decisions made | Level of training | Length of experience (years) | Decisions made | Level of training | Length of experience (years) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use of CBCT to evaluate close relationship between root apex and mandibular canal | General practitioner/Resident | CBCT | 65.51% | 1.82 | Type of incision/flap | General practitioner/Resident | Envelope | 41.38% | 1.82 |
| Panoramic | 31.04% | ||||||||
| Perform coronectomy w/o CBCT | 3.45% | With anterior releasing incision | 58.62% | ||||||
| Specialist/Board certificated | CBCT | 37.5% | 5.93 | Specialist/Board certificated | Envelope | 40.63% | 5.93 | ||
| Panoramic | 53.13% | ||||||||
| Perform coronectomy w/o CBCT | 9.37% | With anterior releasing incision | 59.37% | ||||||
| Master’s degree/PhD | CBCT | 75.76% | 7.56 | Master’s degree/PhD | Envelope | 39.39% | 7.56 | ||
| Panoramic | 21.21% | ||||||||
| Perform coronectomy w/o CBCT | 3.03% | With anterior releasing incision | 60.61% | ||||||
| Transoperative root apex (<2 mm) fractured during extraction | General practitioner/Resident | Remove | 31.03% | 1.82 | Type of flap suture | General practitioner/Resident | Hermetic/tight | 68.97% | 1.82 |
| Leave | 68.97% | W/spaces for drainage | 31.03% | ||||||
| Specialist/Board certificated | Remove | 28.13% | 5.93 | Specialist/Board certificated | Hermetic/tight | 75% | 5.93 | ||
| Leave | 71.87% | W/spaces for drainage | 25% | ||||||
| Master’s degree/PhD | Remove | 33.33% | 7.56 | Master’s degree/PhD | Hermetic/tight | 72.73% | 7.56 | ||
| Leave | 66.67% | W/spaces for drainage | 27.27% | ||||||
| Use classification of Pell & Gregory/Winter to indicate asymptomatic removals | General practitioner/Resident | Yes | 48.28% | 1.82 | Type of osteotomy/ostectomy | General practitioner/Resident | Turbines | 96.55% | 1.82 |
| No | 51.72% | Low/medium speed | 3.45% | ||||||
| Specialist/Board certificated | Yes | 50% | 5.93 | Specialist/Board certificated | Turbines | 90.63% | 5.93 | ||
| No | 50% | Low/medium speed | 9.37% | ||||||
| Master’s degree/PhD | Yes | 48.48% | 7.56 | Master’s degree/PhD | Turbines | 75.75% | 7.56 | ||
| No | 51.52% | Low/medium speed | 24.25% | ||||||
| Systematic sending of follicles, regardless of size, for histopathology assessment | General practitioner/Resident | Yes | 6.90% | 1.82 | Release of lingual flap in lower thirds | General practitioner/Resident | Yes | 20.69% | 1.82 |
| No | 93.10% | No | 79.31% | ||||||
| Specialist/Board certificated | Yes | 9.38% | 5.93 | Specialist/Board certificated | Yes | 15.63% | 5.93 | ||
| No | 90.62% | No | 84.37% | ||||||
| Master’s degree/PhD | Yes | 24.24% | 7.56 | Master’s degree/PhD | Yes | 18.18% | 7.56 | ||
| No | 75.74% | No | 81.82% | ||||||
CBCT, cone beam computed tomography; W, with; w/o, without.