Servicios Personalizados
Revista
Articulo
Indicadores
- Citado por SciELO
- Accesos
Links relacionados
- Citado por Google
- Similares en SciELO
- Similares en Google
Compartir
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina
versión impresa ISSN 0120-0011
Resumen
RAMIREZ, Adriana; RODRIGUEZ G, Mauricio y SANCHEZ P, Ricardo. Prophylactic removal of the third molars : a clinical making decisions . rev.fac.med. [online]. 2008, vol.56, n.2, pp.125-132. ISSN 0120-0011.
Background. The proportion of third party surgeries molars that are carried out in a prophylactic way is difficult to reckon in a precise way and depends in many cases of the definition that be given for this term. Objective. To determinate between patients and surgeons the best choice for third molar surgery. Materials and methods. In order to define the treatment of third molar retained an analysis of decisions was used The probability for events was obtained from literature. The utility was designed by patients and surgeons. Results. The choice of patients was not to remove while for surgeons was the surgery. Surgeons choice was changed when the bi-variate analysis was performed. Conclusion. The useful treatment for third molar retained was different between patients and surgeons. Surgeons choice was not consistent when some values in the model were changed, while it was consistent in the patients group.
Palabras clave : molar; third; decision support techniques; decision trees; evidence-based medicine; surgery; oral.