Table 2 Scale design and range of postoperative complications applied in checks of patients after third molar surgery
From: Reliability and validity of measuring scale for postoperative complications in third molar surgery
Category | Item | Clinical picture | Scores |
|---|---|---|---|
Secondary complication | Inflammation | None | 1 |
Mild (intraoral and surgical area) | 3 | ||
Moderate (intraoral and extraoral) | 5 | ||
Severe (intraoral, extraoral and other regions of the head) | 10 | ||
Erythema | None | 1 | |
Intraoral | 2 | ||
Intraoral and extraoral | 3 | ||
Edema | None | 1 | |
Intraoral | 3 | ||
Intraoral and extraoral | 5 | ||
Pain | How much pain does the patient feel at this moment? | 0 to 10 | |
Trismus | Can the patient open his mouth without limitations? | 0 to 5 | |
Soft tissue infection | Abscess | Absent | 1 |
Present | 5 | ||
Suppuration | Absent | 1 | |
Present when tissue is compressed | 5 | ||
Present spontaneously | 10 | ||
Hard tissue infection | Alveolar osteitis | Absent | 1 |
Present | 10 |