Age,gender and pattern distribution of impacted third molar among the patients attending teaching hospital of Lahore

Aim: to determine the distribution of age,gender and pattern of impacted third molar.method: this descriptive study was conducted at department of morbid anatomy and histopathology,university of health sciences lahore pakistan. patients complaining of impacted teeth along with two diagnostic x rays,age,gender,type of impaction and associated pathology were recorded.results: total of 100 patients was included in this study. out of these males were predominant. the mean age was found to be 27.58±6.45 years. mandibular impactions were most common (96%). regarding angulation,mesioangular impaction (58%) were frequently found and pain was the commonest symptom(80%) associated with impacted teeth.conclusion: impacted third molar is predominantly seen in mandible with the males being most commonly involved. mesioangular impactions were the most common. © 2014 pakistan journal of medical and health sciences. all rights reserved.