Prevalence of Postoperative Infection after Tooth Extraction: A Retrospective Study

Table 2

Patient and treatment variables showing the number of infection cases reported for each variable.

Variable	Total	Infection	No infection
Teeth	1821	25	1796
Age
<30	314	11	303
30–60	968	12	956
>60	539	2	537
Sex
Female	941	13	928
Male	880	12	868
Indication
Periodontal	586	4	582
Pericoronitis	15	2	13
Pulpal pathology	521	7	514
Orthodontics	33	1	32
Adjacent tooth pathology	17	0	17
Fear of future complication	158	8	150
Deciduous	11	0	11
Others	480	3	477
Operator
Student	1675	22	1653
Dental surgeon	146	3	143
Medical history
No relevant history	1487	21	1466
Hypertension/diabetes/heart	334	4	330
Complexity
Simple	1594	12	1582
Complex	227	13	214
Antibiotic
No	1592	17	1575
Yes	229	8	221