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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

Research and review articles are invited for publication in March 2026 (Volume 29, Issue 3) Submit manuscript

Prevalence of the position of mandibular third molars according to the Pell and Gregory classification of patients attending the faculty of dentistry of the University of Cuenca-Ecuador 2023

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  • Prevalence of the position of mandibular third molars according to the Pell and Gregory classification of patients attending the faculty of dentistry of the University of Cuenca-Ecuador 2023

Danny Alexander Abril-Pesántez 1, *, Samantha Nicole Calle-Calle 1, Edisson Gonzalo Ojeda-Arechua 1, Iván Andrés Palacios Astudillo 2 and Grace Gardenia Ordoñez Armijos 3

1 Student of Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Cuenca, Ecuador.
2 Odontologist specialized in Oral rehabilitation at the University of Chile, University of Cuenca, Ecuador. Professor of the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Cuenca, Ecuador.
3 Private practice Odontologist Cuenca, Ecuador.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 21(02), 544-551
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2024.21.2.0425
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.21.2.0425
 
Received on 26 December 2023; revised on 03 February 2024; accepted on 06 February 2024
 
Aim: Evaluate the frequency of position of the mandibular third molars according to the Pell and Gregory classification in patients who attended the clinic of the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Cuenca-Ecuador, 2023.
Materials and methods: According to data collection, the study was observational and descriptive. Obtaining the sample was non-probabilistic using the method for convenience, made up of 374 panoramic radiographs in an age range of 18 to 35 years,obtained from the database of the University of Cuenca of the Faculty of Dentistry, after having made a letter its dean.
Results: Of a total of 748 mandibular third molars, there is a higher prevalence of class      I position A with 41% (n=307), followed by class II position A with 24.2% (n=181) and class II position B with 14.2% (n=106) of the total.
Conclusions: There is a high prevalence of the IA position in both sexes, however, the most frequent position of the impacted mandibular third molar was IIA followed by IIB.
 
Third molars; Pell and Gregory; Retained; Patients
 
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Danny Alexander Abril-Pesántez, Samantha Nicole Calle-Calle, Edisson Gonzalo Ojeda-Arechua, Iván Andrés Palacios Astudillo and Grace Gardenia Ordoñez Armijos. Prevalence of the position of mandibular third molars according to the Pell and Gregory classification of patients attending the faculty of dentistry of the University of Cuenca-Ecuador 2023. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 21(2), 544-551 . Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.21.2.0425

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