Third Molar along the Line of Fracture in Mandible―A Systematic Review

Abstract

The aim of this systematic study is to know whether the third molar is to be removed or not when in line of fracture. The angle fracture of mandible is one of the most common site because of the presence of thin cortical bone and the presence of third molar. The presence of third molar increases the incidence for the angle fracture and decreases the risk for condyle fracture. The search terms were the “third molar AND angle fracture” were used to search in the pubmed. Of the total 128 article, 22 relevant article was reviewed. The search criteria was for the last 5 publication year 2013–2018 the resultant articles were 50. In which the duplicates and irrelevant article were removed (28 articles).