SANTOS, Y. C. M.; SANTOS, Yanna Carla Mendes dos.
Resumo:
The third molars as the last teeth to erupt, and because of this factor, often do not
find satisfactory space for their eruption, remain included / impacted, with the
permanence of these third molars included in the arch may cause several
pathological alterations, some of these in it is necessary to remove them surgically
and in some cases can cause disruption and impairment of quality of life, however,
the indication of extraction may be a way to avoid the appearance of these and other
associated pathologies to these inclusions. This work aims to review the literature on
the prevalence of pathologies associated with third molars included in relation to age,
sex, type of inclusion and more frequent pathologies. Consisting of a review of the
literature, for this it was carried out the collection of scientific data on the subject in
databases such as: PUBMED (www.pubmed.com) and SCIELO (www.scielo.org)
between 2000 and 2018 with inclusion of classical articles of the literature and were
used 87 articles on the subject. It is concluded that pathologies associated with third
molars included predisposition for women and young adults, type of inclusion more
frequent being vertical, class II and position A and the pathology being the
pericoronarite. All the particulars must influence the decision making process of the
exodontia or not of a third molar included or retained, for this being necessary more
studies on the subject and there is a lack of studies showing that the incidences are
high on the pathologies associated with the third molars and advantages in the
extraction of asymptomatic teeth.