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Trial reportClinical oral investigations2021

Comparison of the effect of therapeutic elastic bandage, submucosal dexamethasone, or dexketoprofen trometamol on inflammatory symptoms and quality of life following third molar surgery: a randomized clinical trial.

Aras Erdil, Nihat Akbulut, Ahmet Altan, Mustafa Sami Demirsoy

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Trial report in Clinical oral investigations, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04200885 (Comparison Of The Effectiveness Of Submucosal Corticosteroid Injection And Elastic Therapeutic Bandage Applications On Pain, Swelling And Trismus After Surgical Removal Of Mandibular Third Molar Teeth), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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NCT04200885 phase4completednot on this map

Comparison Of The Effectiveness Of Submucosal Corticosteroid Injection And Elastic Therapeutic Bandage Applications On Pain, Swelling And Trismus After Surgical Removal Of Mandibular Third Molar Teeth

TypeinterventionalSponsorTokat Gaziosmanpasa UniversityRan2019 to 2019Enrolled52ConditionsThird Molar SurgeryArmsDexketoprofen Trometamol, Dexamethasone 21-Phosphate, Therapeutic Elastic Bandage
3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aras ErdilDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University, Kaleardi Mahallesi, Muhittin Fisunoglu Caddesi, Omcalik Sokak, Ali Sevki Erek Yerleskesi, Dis Hekimligi Fakultesi, Tokat, Turkey. erdil.aras@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9582-5114
Nihat AkbulutDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University, Kaleardi Mahallesi, Muhittin Fisunoglu Caddesi, Omcalik Sokak, Ali Sevki Erek Yerleskesi, Dis Hekimligi Fakultesi, Tokat, Turkey.
Ahmet AltanDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University, Kaleardi Mahallesi, Muhittin Fisunoglu Caddesi, Omcalik Sokak, Ali Sevki Erek Yerleskesi, Dis Hekimligi Fakultesi, Tokat, Turkey.
Mustafa Sami DemirsoyPrivate Practice, Arabacialani Mahallesi, Mert Sokak, No: 25, Sakarya, Turkey.
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi · TRSakarya Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesWe aimed to compare the effects of preoperative single-dose submucosal corticosteroid injection and postoperative elastic therapeutic bandage application with postoperative non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug therapy on postoperative inflammatory symptoms and quality of life following mandibular third molar surgeries. MATERIALS AND

methodsA single-center, randomized, clinical trial was conducted with 52 patients (36 female, 16 male) who expected severe postoperative sequelae as a result of the extraction of impacted mandibular third molars. The patients were randomized into three groups. In the preoperative submucosal corticosteroid injection group (n = 16), 8 mg/2 ml dexamethasone 21-phosphate was administered near operated sites. In the postoperative therapeutic elastic bandage application group (n = 19), Kinesio tapes were applied to operated sites. Paracetamol 500 mg was prescribed for the patients in the corticosteroid and elastic bandage application groups. In the postoperative non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug group (n = 17), 25 mg dexketoprofen trometamol was prescribed. Maximal mouth opening, swelling, pain, and Oral Health Impaction Profile scores were quantified preoperatively and postoperatively on the second and seventh days. Additionally, all patients were asked to evaluate the postoperative period by the Postoperative Symptom Severity Scale.

resultsAnalysis of the obtained data revealed that on the second postoperative day, postoperative edema and trismus were significantly lower in the submucosal corticosteroid (p = 0.025, p = 0.03) and therapeutic elastic bandage (p = 0.032, p = 0.014) groups, and the patients in these groups had a more comfortable postoperative period than the group prescribed a postoperative non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug (p = 0.016). CLINICAL RELEVANCE: In oral surgery, postoperative elastic bandage application can provide results similar to those of preoperative submucosal corticosteroid injection with respect to inflammatory symptoms and quality of life.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04200885. Date of Registration: December 2019 (retrospectively registered).

Indexed as

Molar, ThirdTooth, ImpactedCompression BandagesDexamethasoneEdemaFemaleHumansKetoprofenMalePain MeasurementPostoperative PainProspective StudiesQuality of LifeTooth ExtractionTrismusTromethamineDexamethasonedexketoprofen trometamolKetoprofenTromethamineApplied kinesiologyDexamethasoneEdemaImpacted toothPostoperative painTrismus

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PMID32803439
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