Prevalence of intraoperative and postoperative iatrogenic mandibular fractures after lower third molar extraction: A systematic review

Background The surgical extraction of the lower third molars is one of the most common procedures in oral surgery, and this surgical operation can cause intra- and postoperative complications such as pain, trismus, bleeding, infection, oedema, inferior alveolar nerve injuries, displacement of teeth to neighbouring spaces and mandibular fractures. The aim of this systematic review is to report the prevalence of mandibular fractures that occur intra- and postoperatively in patients who have undergone surgical removal of the lower third molar. Material and Methods An electronic database search for articles published in Cochrane, PubMed (MEDLINE) and Scopus was conducted using the key words “Mo…