Evaluation of Infection and Effective Factors in Impacted Mandibular Third Molar Surgeries: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Association between the predictor variables and the outcome variables.

Variables		Postoperative infection	No postoperative infection	value
Total		5	143
Age		25 ± 1.20	25 ± 1.35	0.996
Gender	Male	1	54	0.651
	Female	4	89
Position of tooth	Right	3	89	>0.999
	Left	2	54
Distal space	I	0	54	0.096
	II	3	71
	III	2	18
Depth of impaction	A	0	28	0.087
	B	1	68
	C	4	47
Angulation	Horizontal	2	45	0.763
	Vertical	3	71
	Distoangular	0	4
	Mesioangular	0	23
Pederson difficulty index	Easy (3–4)	0	16	0.013
	Medium (5–7)	1	95
	Hard (8–10)	4	32
Periapical radiolucent lesions	Presence	1	21	0.558
	Absence	4	122
Adjacent second molar caries	Presence	1	45	0.782
	Absence	4	94
	No adjacent tooth	0	4
Surgeon’s education level	1^st year resident	3	19	0.028
	2^nd year resident	2	69
	3^rd year resident	0	41
	Maxillofacial surgeon	0	14
Type of flap	Envelope	5	115	0.584
	Triangular	0	28
Type of suture	Nonabsorbable	5	121	>0.999
	Absorbable	0	22

Statistically significant.