Abstract
Objectives To ascertain practice relating to review following third molar surgery
Method A questionnaire survey of Fellows of the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
Results There was an 86% response rate to the questionnaire, a small number of uncompleted questionnaires left 84.7% for analysis. While 62% of fellows routinely reviewed their patients 31% did not, calling only those patients for review who reported a neurological deficit or those with associated pathology. In 1992 the proportion of those requesting a regular review was 85.7%.
Conclusions The paper does not have any specific conclusions but it does discuss a number of relevant issues and suggests a number of safeguards for those pursuing a policy of selective recall.
Pratt C A, Hekmat M, Pratt S D, Zaki G A, Barnard J D W. Controversies in thirds molar surgery — the national view on review strategies. Br J Oral MaxFac Surg. 1997; 35: 319–322
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Address for reprints: C A Pratt, Maxillofacial Unit, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth, UK
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Dodson, T. One third of British oral surgeons selectively recall patients following third molar surgery. Evid Based Dent 1, 13 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ebd.6490037
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