Introduction
postoperative pain, nerve injury, swelling, edema, teeth damage, tooth, trismus
PERICORONITIS, EDEMA, DISEASES, DENTIGEROUS CYST, IMPACTED, SECONDARY, TRISMUS
Impacted third molars are most commonly found among wisdom teeth and lead to clinical diseases, including pericoronitis, adjacent teeth damage, and dentigerous cyst. However, many patients have fears about tooth extraction due to postoperative pain, swelling, trismus, and nerve injury that severely affects the quality of life (Among all the types of flap designs for the removal of an impacted mandibular third molar, the most widely clinically used flap design is the triangular flap (In some cases, the buccal drainage method (without a buccal suture) or the no-suture method are used to release postoperative pain and edema. However, through a literature review, we determined there is still no consensus on whether these two secondary closure methods could improve the patient’s quality of life after a third molar extraction. Thus, the need for suturing in some situations needs to be fully considered. Therefore, in this study we aim to investigate if these two suture methods are more advantageous than the traditional method.