Question 328 · LDEK · Impacted teeth
The incidence of complications associated with a bacterial infection following surgical wisdom tooth extraction in immunocompetent patients lies in the range of:
- A. 40-45%.
- B. 32-38%.
- C. 23-28%.
- D. 15-19%.
- E. 1-6%.
Hint
In healthy patients, infection after third molar surgery is an uncommon complication rather than a frequent one.
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