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The Prophylactic Extraction of Third Molars: A Public Health Hazard

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1963310/

by Eumenes • 3 years ago

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its-summertime• 3 years ago

Not more than 12% of impacted teeth have associated pathology (Table 1 ▶). This incidence is the same as for appendicitis (10%) and cholecystitis (12%), yet prophylactic appendectomies and cholecystectomies are not the standard of care. Why then prophylactic third-molar extractions?

Somewhat hard to take seriously after reading that. The other two operations are highly invasive. And I feel that intentionally discarding such context a poor move; If someone used similar arguments against vaccines, they would be laughed at.

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