Prevention of Localized Osteitis in Mandibular Third-Molar Sites Using Platelet-Rich Fibrin

Table 2

Clinical data of patients who developed localized osteitis.

Parameter	PRF	Non-PRF
	patients (n)	patients (n)
Age (yrs) ranges
14–20 years	0	6
21–25 years	0	4
26–30 years	0	1
31–35 years	1	1
35–40 years	0	0
40+ years	1	1
Females	1	9
Males	1	4
Oral contraceptive steroid users	0	4
Smokers/Oral Tobacco users	0	1
Diabetes (insulin dependent)	1	1
Estrogen therapy (HRT)	1	0
Patients receiving additional narcotic Rx’s	2	9
Patients receiving additional steroid Rx’s	2	7
Bilaterally occurring localized osteitis	0	6
PreOperative lower third molar eval
Partially bony impacted molar	0	10
Completely bony impacted molar	2	9