Diagnosis, Evaluation and Treatment of Patients in Need of Third Molar Removal

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Pregnant or nursing
• •2. Clinical signs of infection and/or inflammation, or acute pain at any extraction site at the time of the screening evaluation
• •3. Known bleeding disorders or conditions associated with bleeding, including Hemophilia, von Willebrand disease, protein C/S deficiency, antithrombin III deficiency, and liver disease.
• •4. Currently using anticoagulation (blood thinning) medications, including but not limited to warfarin (Coumadin), ticlopidine (Ticlid) and clopidogril (Plavix). Subjects who are currently taking Aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may be eligible for enrollment.
• •5. Known or suspected allergy or adverse reaction to any of the agents used for local anesthesia, suture material, or conscious sedation medications
• •6. Surgical removal of the wisdom teeth is expected to be unusually difficult based on panoramic radiograph. Indicators of unusual difficulty include increased depth of tooth impaction, extreme angulation of a tooth, and close proximity of a tooth to the inferior alveolar nerve canal and/or maxillary sinus.