Many times, mandibular third molars may be extracted preventively due to impaction and crowding concerns, however, no real consensus exists among clinicians. The study was published in the American ...

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1 Department of oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, periodontics and oral radiology, faculty of dentistry, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. 2 School of Medicine, The University of ...

Antibiotic prophylaxis may lower the risk of dry socket (DS) and surgical site infection (SSI) following lower third-molar (LM3) extraction, according to a study recently published in the Journal of ...