Effect of Chlorhexidine on postextrction pain

Effectiveness of preoperative chlorhexidine mouthwash on pain after lower posterior teeth removal : A Randomized, Double blind Clinical Trial

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20121223011856N2

Enrollment

170

Registered

2019-04-25

Start date

2019-04-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-05-21

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Conditions

postoperative pain after tooth extraction.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: 0.5 to 1 hours before performing extractions patient in intervention group will be given a dark bottle containing 15 ml of 0.2% chlorhexidine gluconate mouthwash (B

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: patients will be between 18 and 80 years old. patients be healthy and not on any regular medication. patients will not have any of pain inducing conditions such as an aching tooth at the time of the surgery.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: patients will be excluded if they ingested any medications including oral contraceptives, analgesics and antibiotics as of 5 days prior to the operation. smokers will be excluded

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Patients pain. Timepoint: 6,12,24 and 48 hours after extractio. Method of measurement: patients pain will be assessed using a VAS (Visual Analog Scale) and the number of analgesic used.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAbbas Haghaighat

Esfahan University of Medical Sciences

haghighat@dnt.mui.ac.ir+98 21 8871 4273

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026