COMPARISON BETWEEN THE LINGUALLY BASED AND THE BUCCALLY BASED TRIANGULAR FLAP DESIGN IN THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF IMPACTED MANDIBULAR THIRD MOLARS (CLINICAL TRIAL)

Abstract

Many flap designs used for impacted third molar surgery do not place the mucoperosteal incision on sound bone, as they involve incisions that are placed on the extraction socket resulting in higher incidence of mucosal dehiscence, followed by secondary wound healing This study involved 20 patient with bilaterally mesially angulated impacted third molar (class II position B). One side was surgically removed using the lingually based triangular flap and the other side was surgically removed using the bucally based triangular flap