Incidence of trismus in transalveolar extraction of lower third molar

• Main Authors: Gowri Balakrishnan (Author), Ramesh Narendar (Author), Thangavelu Kavin (Author), Sivasubramanian Venkataraman (Author), Subramaniam Gokulanathan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Conventional mandibular third molar removal produces tissue trauma that induces an inflammatory reaction, leading to postoperative sequelae, the most common ones being trismus which influences the patient's quality of life in the postoperative period. Identifying the factors determi...