Effects of modified triangular flap for third molar extraction on distal periodontal health of second molar: A randomized controlled study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of flap design for impacted mandibular third molar extraction on the distal periodontal tissue of their neighbors clinically, immunologically, and microbiologically.

Study design

This randomized controlled study comprised 100 patients who were allocated randomly to receive either a triangular flap or a modified triangular flap. The distal periodontal pocket depth, plaque index, bleeding on probing, the presence of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Porphyromonas gingivalis and Prevotella intermedia, and the level of interleukin-1β, interleukin-8 and matrix metalloproteinase-8 of adjacent second molars were measured at baseline, and 1, 4 and 8 weeks after surgery.

Results

After 1 and 4 weeks, dis

SUBMITTER: Zhao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10208835 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature