Prevention of Localized Osteitis in Mandibular Third-Molar Sites Using Platelet-Rich Fibrin

Table 1

Total study patient clinical data.

Parameter	PRF	Non-PRF
	Patients (n)	Patients (n)
Age (yrs) ranges
14–20 years	54	62
21–25 years	23	24
26–30 years	5	8
31–35 years	9	2
35–40 years	4	2
40+ years	5	2
Females	54	41
Males	46	59
Oral contraceptive steroid users	11	8
Smokers/oral tobacco users	5	5
Diabetes (insulin dependent)	1	1
Estrogen therapy (HRT)	1	0
Patients receiving additional narcotic Rx’s	15	18
Patients receiving additional steroid Rx’s	17	11
PreOperative lower Third-Molar Eval.
History of pericoronitis	3	5
Fully erupted molar	36	16
Soft tissue impacted molar	6	5
Partially bony impacted molar	84	98
Completely bony impacted molar	71	76