Dexamethasone Effect on Pain Reduction and Swelling after Surgery in the Lower Jaw

Comparison of the Effect of Topical Dexamethasone Injection with Rinsing of Extraction Sockets with Dexamethasone in Reducing Pain after Impacted Mandibular Third Molars

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20201101049209N2

Enrollment

114

Registered

2020-11-18

Start date

2020-10-29

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-11-30

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Conditions

pain and sweliing.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Receive dexamethasone by injection into the trygmandibular space. Intervention 2: Intervention group: rinsing the socket of extracted teeth with dexamethasone. Inte

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 25 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Over 18 years old No pericoronitis Absence of uncontrolled systemic disease Impacted Third molar of mandible with mesioangular angle

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Patients' pain. Timepoint: at times, 2 hours after surgery, 6 hours after surgery, 24 hours after surgery, 72 hours after surgery, and finally 7 days after surgery. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Trismus. Timepoint: at times, before surgery, after surgery and on the first, third and seventh days. Method of measurement: measuring the distance between the incisal edge at the opening of the mouth and with a caliper device in millimeters.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactHassan Barbarz

Boushehr University of Medical Sciences

m.parvin@bpums.ac.ir+98 77 3332 2081

Outcome results

None listed

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