Abstract

MARTINEZ GOMEZ, Naydit et al. Postoperative surgical complications associated to retained teeth. Army hospital "Dr. Luis Díaz Soto". Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2013, vol.12, suppl.5, pp. 65-73. ISSN 1729-519X.

Introduction: the extraction of retained teeth is one of the procedures more frequently done in the maxilofacial service of Army Hospital ¨Luis Diaz Soto¨. Objective: to characterize the postoperative complications associated to surgical treatments of retained teeth. Material and methods: a prospective ,descriptive study was carried out with a sample of 100 patients selected of total who came to maxilo facial department of Army Hospital "Luis Díaz Soto" 2011, with retained teeth to surgical treatment. The variables studied were: age, type of retention, used surgical technique and surgical time. Results: 13% with postoperative complications, patients among 26-35 years had more complications (34%), the retention type 3( 5%) ,and the variant 4 of surgical technique( 6%) were more associated to complications. More frequent complicacions were continuos pain (27,5%) and limitation of oral opening (22,5%). Conclusions: the postoperative complications associated to surgical treatment of retained teeth became according to patient´s characteristics, type of retention and used surgical technique.

Keywords : retained teeth; surgical techniques; postoperative complications.

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