Comparison of Prevalence and Angulation of Impacted Third Molar among Erbil Population with That of Iraq Neighboring Countries

A Descriptive Retrospective Study

Authors

  • Khurshid Kheder Maxillofacial Department, College of Dentistry, Hawler Medical University
  • Hassan Barzanji Maxillofacial Department, College of Dentistry, Hawler Medical University
  • Sarkawt Ali Maxillofacial Department, College of Dentistry, Hawler Medical University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15218/edj.2018.02

Keywords:

third molar impaction, Erbil, Iraq, middle east impaction prevalence

Abstract

Background and objectives: the problem of impacted teeth remain actual in all countries. Differences in ethnicity, culture and environment may play a role in its occurrence. The objective is to find the differences in prevalence of this problem between population of Erbil/Iraq and Iraqi neighboring countries.

Patients and methods: primary data of Erbil population and secondary data of Iraqi neighboring countries were used. A retrospective analysis done for all orthopantomograms in college of dentistry, then compared to published data of those countries.

Results: regarding the age and sex, there is no such significant differences between all included countries; considering dominant type of impaction, Kuwait was different from others by dominance of vertical impaction; Distoangular impaction in Erbil was twice of other countries.

Conclusion: there is no significant differences between Erbil population and Iraqi neighboring countries regarding the prevalence and angulation of impaction.

References

1. James R. Hupp Principles of management of impacted teeth. In: Edward Ellis III. James R. Hupp, Myron R.Tucker Contemporary oral and maxillofacial surgery, Riverport Lane, St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier Mosby; 2014. 6th ed., p. 143-167.
2. Topkara A, Sari Z Investigation of third molar impaction in Turkish orthodontic patients: Prevalence, depth and angular positions. Eur J Dent 2013;7:94-8. DOI: 10.4103/1305-7456.119084
3. Dhuha Al Feeli , Yasmeen Sebaa., Adel Al-Asfour, Prevalence of impacted teeth in adult patients: A radiographic study of Kuwaiti population. Kuwait University: Health Science Center/ faculty of dentistry. Elective Project Study Course 2012.
4. Quek SL, Tay CK, Tay KH, Toh SL, Lim KC Pattern of third molar impaction in a Singapore Chinese population: a retrospective radiographic survey. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2003 Oct; 32(5):548-52.
5. Olasoji HO, Odusanya SA Comparative study of third molar impaction in rural and urban areas of South-Western Nigeria. Odontostomatol Trop. 2000 Jun; 23(90):25-8.
6. Roslind Preethi George, Estie Kruger, Marc Tennant Hospitalisation for the surgical removal of impacted teeth: Has Australia followed international trend? AMJ 2011; 4(8): p. 425-430. http//dx.doi.org/10.4066/AMJ.2011.688
7. Gregory M Ness, Larry J Peterson, Impacted teeth. In: Michael Miloro, ed. Peterson`s principles of oral and maxillofacial surgery. 2nd edit, London: BC Decker Inc, Hamilton; 2004. p. 139-155
8. A. B. Berenson, M. Rahman, G. Wilkinson Racial difference in the correlates of bone mineral content/density and age at peak among reproductive-aged women. Osteoporos Int 2009; 20:1439–1449 DOI 10.1007/s00198-008-0817-6
9. Hattab FN, Rawashdeh MA, Fahmy M.S. Impaction status of third molars in Jordanian students. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 1995; 79(1):24-9. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1079-2104(05)80068-X
10. Maryam-Alsadat Hashemipour, Mehrnaz Tahmasbi-Arashlow, Farnaz Fahimi-Hanzaei Incidence of impacted mandibular and maxillary third molars: a radiographic study in a Southeast Iran population. Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 2013; 18(1):140-5:e140-5. doi:10.4317/medoral.18028
11. Ali H. Hassan Pattern of third molar impaction in a Saudi population. Clin Cosmet Investig Dent 2010; 2:109-113. DOI: 10.2147/CCIDEN.S12394
12. Priya Moorjani, Nick Patterson, Joel N. Hirschhorn, Alon Keinan, Li Hao, Gil Atzmon, Edward Burns, Harry Ostrer, Alkes L. Price, David Reich. The history of African gene flow into southern Europeans, Levantines, and Jews. PLoS Genetics 2011; 7 (4): e1001373 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001373
13. Ananthakshmi Ramamurthy, Jeya Pradha, Sathiya Jeeva, Nadeem Jeddy,J Sunitha, Selva Kumar Prevalence of mandibular third molar impaction and agenesis: a radiographic south Indian study. Journal of Indian Academy of Oral medicine and radiology 2012; 24(3): 173-176
14.K. Carter, S. Worthington Predictors of Third Molar Impaction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of Dental Research 2016; 95(3): 267–276
15.Abu-Hussein Muhamad and Watted Nezar Prevalence of impacted mandibular third molars in population of Arab Israeli: A retrospective study. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) 2016;15(1 Ver. VII): 80-89
16.Lukman Fawzi Omar Prevalence of impacted wisdom teeth among Hawler young people. MDJ 2008; 5(1):97-103
17. Katayon N. Kurchid, Omed I. Shihab Prevalence of impacted third molar patients attending the Hawler college of dentistry: retrospective study. Zanco J. Med. Sci. 2010; 14(1):1-4
18.Kruger E, Thomson WM, Konthasinghe P Third molar outcomes from age 18 to 26: findings from a population-based New Zealand longitudinal study. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2001 Aug; 92(2):150-5.

Downloads

Published

2018-06-06

How to Cite

1.
Kheder K, Barzanji H, Ali S. Comparison of Prevalence and Angulation of Impacted Third Molar among Erbil Population with That of Iraq Neighboring Countries: A Descriptive Retrospective Study. EDJ [Internet]. 2018 Jun. 6 [cited 2024 Dec. 3];1(1):10-8. Available from: https://edj.hmu.edu.krd/index.php/journal/article/view/21

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2018): EDJ

Section

Original Articles

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

The copyright on any article published in Erbil Dental Journal is retained by the author(s) in agreement with the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial ShareAlike License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).