Surgical uprighting and repositioning of unerupted molars: Features and findings of a retrospective sample.

Background: Surgical uprighting and repositioning have been proposed to obtain a correct alignment of unerupted permanent molars. A retrospective clinical study was performed to verify the effectiveness of these techniques.

Material And Methods: In order for a case to be included in the study, adequate clinical documentation was required, including radiographic imaging before and after therapy.

Is telephone follow-up useful in preventing post-extraction bleeding in patients on antithrombotic treatment?

Background: The aim of the study was to investigate the usefulness of telephone follow-up in preventing post-extraction bleeding and improving wound healing in patients on chronic antithrombotic treatment.

Material And Methods: A prospective randomized clinical trial was carried out on 256 patients (test group = 128; control group = 128). The exact two-tailed Fisher test and the two-tailed non-parametric Mann-Whitney test were used for statistical analysis.

Tooth extraction without discontinuation of oral antithrombotic treatment: A prospective study.

Objective: To identify which variable, among those related to surgeries, to patients, or to antithrombotic treatments, could be considered as a bleeding indicator, and to analyze effectiveness of the local hemostatic protocols used, incidence of bleeding and healing index, depending on the number of extracted teeth, and patient antithrombotic treatment.

Methods: Patients who underwent tooth extractions without interruption or reduction of antithrombotic treatment were prospectively followed. The exact two-tailed Fisher test was used to investigate the relationship between presence/absence of bleeding and type of hemostatic material.