Review Article
Prevention of Localized Osteitis in Mandibular Third-Molar Sites Using Platelet-Rich Fibrin
Table 1
Total study patient clinical data.
| Parameter | PRF | Non-PRF | Patients (n) | Patients (n) |
| Age (yrs) ranges | | | 14–20 years | 54 | 62 | 21–25 years | 23 | 24 | 26–30 years | 5 | 8 | 31–35 years | 9 | 2 | 35–40 years | 4 | 2 | 40+ years | 5 | 2 | Females | 54 | 41 | Males | 46 | 59 | Oral contraceptive steroid users | 11 | 8 | Smokers/oral tobacco users | 5 | 5 | Diabetes (insulin dependent) | 1 | 1 | Estrogen therapy (HRT) | 1 | 0 | Patients receiving additional narcotic Rx’s | 15 | 18 | Patients receiving additional steroid Rx’s | 17 | 11 | PreOperative lower Third-Molar Eval. | | | History of pericoronitis | 3 | 5 | Fully erupted molar | 36 | 16 | Soft tissue impacted molar | 6 | 5 | Partially bony impacted molar | 84 | 98 | Completely bony impacted molar | 71 | 76 |
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