¿Son los terceros molares capaces de apiñar los dientes anteroinferiores? Valoración de las exodoncias de los terceros molares
- Gómez Recober, S.
- López Carriches, C.
- Leco Berrocal, María Isabel
ISSN: 1697-6398, 1697-641X
Any de publicació: 2007
Volum: 4
Número: 2
Pàgines: 75-79
Tipus: Article
Altres publicacions en: Científica dental: Revista científica de formación continuada
Resum
The purpose of this paper is to understand how third molars influence lower anterior crowding by reviewing different crowding studies, as well as the scientific basis for third-molar extraction to prevent or reduce crowding of the mandibular incisors, inasmuch as this topic has been and continues to be the cause of controversy among professionals. The prophylactic extraction of third molars to avoid lower anterior crowding has no scientific basis, since no direct cause-and-effect relationship between third molars and lower anterior group crowding can be demonstrated. Rather, it is a multi-factorial problem, inasmuch as many other factors are involved. Consequently, we must give the third molar a secondary role as a collaborating or aggravating element of the crowding.