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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of subjects who underwent impacted mandibular third molar removal in 2013 and 2018

From: Effect of educational intervention on the appropriate use of oral antimicrobials in oral and maxillofacial surgery: a retrospective secondary data analysis

 

2013 (n = 48)

2018 (n = 55)

p value

Sex (male)

21 (43.8%)

22 (40%)

.841

Age

37.5 (24.8, 52)

33 (24, 55.5)

.947

Smoking

7 (14.6%)

13 (23.6%)

.320

Alcohol consumption

11 (22.9%)

14 (25.5%)

.821

Allergy

9 (18.1%)

8 (14.5%)

.604

Extraction tooth number

2 (1, 3)

2 (1, 3)

.520

Operation time (min)

81.5 (51.8, 112)

84 (58, 108)

.443

Prescription period of total antibiotics (intravenous and oral)

6 (6, 6)

2 (2, 3)

< .001

Prescription period of oral antibiotics

3 (1, 6)

1 (1, 6)

< .001

  1. Median (first quartile, third quartile)