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Patients classified as ASA I or ASA II.\n* Patients willing to provide written informed consent, or assent with parent\u002Fguardian permission where applicable, and attend scheduled follow-up visits\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* \\* Patients with uncontrolled systemic disease or immuno-compromised status.\n\n  * Patients with bleeding disorders or those taking anticoagulant\u002Fantiplatelet drugs that cannot be safely withheld according to physician advice.\n  * Patients with pacemaker or implanted electrical cardiac device.\n  * Pregnant or lactating patients.\n  * Patients with acute infection, pericoronitis, facial space infection, or pus discharge at the surgical site at the time of surgery.\n  * Patients requiring bilateral third-molar extraction in the same sitting.\n  * Patients unwilling to participate or unable to return for follow-up.","ALL","15 Years","65 Years",{"count":73,"type":74},78,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[77],"NA","This randomized controlled trial aims to compare electrocautery and scalpel blade incisions during surgical extraction of impacted mandibular third molars. 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