Table 7 Surgical Complication Assessment Scale in Third Molar Surgery (SCATM)
From: Reliability and validity of measuring scale for postoperative complications in third molar surgery
Category | Item | Description | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Edema | None | 1 | |
Intraoral | 3 | ||
Intraoral and extraoral | 5 | ||
Pain | Visual Analogue scale: How much pain does the patient feel? | 0 to 10 | |
Infection | Abscess | Absent | 1 |
Present | 5 | ||
Alveolar osteitis | Absent | 1 | |
Present | 10 | ||
Total | 4 to 40 | ||
WITHOUT OR MILD COMPLICATION | 4–13 | ||
MODERATE COMPLICATION | 14–18 | ||
SEVERE COMPLICATION | 19–40 |