Odontostomatol Trop. 1998 Dec; 21(84): 15-7.

[Difficulties in the surgery of lower wisdom teeth in dental offices in Ivory Coast]

Kouame P, Souaga K, Amantchi D.

Extraction of impacted inferior molars is becoming a frequent surgical intervention in Ivory Coast. Patients are mainly young adults who come for consultation due to difficult eruption of the impacted molars. They are often referred after attempted extraction by professional colleagues. Perioperative difficulties during, extraction of inferior molars depict. particular dental character of Negroid African: limited surgical sundries, perioperative haemorrhage, intraosseous anatomical relation with inferior dental nerve, corono-radicular morphology of the tooth.