RESUMEN
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons have been providing safe anesthesia to their patients using the anesthesia team model; this has allowed access to care for patients that have significant anxiety. The AAOMS strives to maintain the excellent safety record of the anesthesia team model by creating simulation programs in anesthesia, regularly updating the office anesthesia evaluation program, convening anesthesia safety conferences and strengthening the standards in our training programs. Through these efforts, our delivery of anesthesia to our patients will remain safe and effective.
Asunto(s)
Anestesia Dental/métodos , Anestesiología , Manejo del Dolor/métodos , Grupo de Atención al Paciente/organización & administración , Cirugía Bucal , Humanos , Modelos Organizacionales , Recursos HumanosRESUMEN
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons can be reasonably certain of the behavior of wisdom teeth and the outcomes of different management strategies. An organized approach based on symptom and disease status simplifies management recommendations. The patients who provide the greatest challenge to certainty are those whose wisdom teeth are asymptomatic and disease free. Patients who elect to retain a third molar should be advised about this risk of removal over time. Given the increased complication rate when third molars are removed with increasing age, it may be prudent to extract them by the middle of the third decade.