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Dr. Luisa Gerstner

Dr. Luisa Gerstner

East Surrey Hospital

Dr. Luisa Gerstner BDS, BSc, MFDS RCS(Eng), is a dentist with a background in Biomedical Science and Dentistry from King’s College London. Currently a Dental Core Trainee at East Surrey Hospital, she is gaining experience across oral surgery, orthodontics, paediatric dentistry, and special care dentistry.

United Kingdom

Abstracts

2025

Post-operative complications following extractions in the oral surgery department at East Surrey Hospital

Dental extractions can commonly lead to minor complications. In rare cases, patients can develop post-operative infection and change in sensation to the area. While most post-operative complications are self-limiting, they can cause distress to patient. Post-operative complications may also lead to multiple post-operative visits. Therefore, where possible, risk factors should be minimized.

This audit aimed to determine the rate of post-operative complications following extractions at the Oral Surgery Department at East Surrey Hospital. Furthermore, this audit aimed to identify patterns in post-operative complications, common presentations, their management and the number of visits required to resolve the complications.

A post operative complication rate of 4% was identified, which seems to be in line with available literature. We noticed a higher incidence of post-operative complications after treatment under local anesthesia or conscious sedation, as compared to general anesthesia. The most common complaint was pain, followed by swelling. A large proportion of patients presented with food trapping, particularly after extractions of lower third molars. The most commonly recorded post-operative complication was alveolar osteitis.

With this data available it was possible to produce recommendations aimed at minimizing post-operative complications for future extractions at the oral surgery department.