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Oral Health-related quality of life after coronectomy for impacted mandibular third molar1176follow-up conducted one month after surgery.13 However, the severity of the pain was not specified. In most cases, the cause of the protracted period of pain was due to enamel retention, and a reoperation was performed. Kang et al (2019) compared surgical removal and coronectomy, and found that the pain experienced postoperatively in the coronectomy group resolved more rapidly than the pain experienced in the surgical removal group.3 In that study, the mean duration of pain was 2.61 days (SD 1.95) for a coronectomy and 3.40 days (SD 1.55) for a surgical removal.3In the present study, no patient experienced sensory impairment of the IAN after the mandibular third molar coronectomy. Previously, a randomized study compared surgical removals to coronectomies in 128 patients. They found that 19% of the surgical removal group sustained IAN damage and no IAN symptoms were reported among the successful coronectomies.25 Other studies confirmed that no IAN injury occurred with a coronectomy.3,8,10 In the largest prospective study on coronectomies, among 612 coronectomies of impacted mandibular third molars, the prevalence of IAN deficits was only 0.16%.11In the present study, only one patient experienced a postoperative infection: an abscess occurred on the third postoperative day. The abscess was drained, and amoxicillin was given 3 times per day for 5 days. Postoperative infection rates after a mandibular third molar coronectomy have varied between 3.2 and 5.8 %.6,25 The infections were always treated with antibiotics and debridement. Leung and Cheung (2016) showed that, among 612 coronectomies, infections occurred in 2.9%.11 However, Cilasun et al (2011) found no postoperative infections in a coronectomy group.8In a coronectomy, the roots remain in place; over time, this situation can lead to symptoms and pain. Due to this potential complication, some patients and oral surgeons might hesitate in selecting this treatment.5 On the other hand, the significant reduction in the risk of neurosensory disturbances after a coronectomy can offset the risk of a future second surgery; indeed, the need to remove migrated roots was only reported in 3.3% of cases.11 The coronectomy is typically performed on healthy teeth without pathology; consequently, the retained roots should pose less of an issue compared to teeth with some form of pathology, which is frequently observed in erupted teeth.