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Comparison of The Surgical Drain Placement With Use of Kinesiologic Tape

Comparison of The Surgical Drain Placement With Use of Kinesiologic Tape on Postoperative Pain, Swelling and Trismus in Impacted Mandibular Third Molar Surgery

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04108559
Enrollment
30
Registered
2019-09-30
Start date
2019-08-26
Completion date
2019-12-19
Last updated
2019-12-26

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Conditions

Impacted Third Molar Tooth

Keywords

Kinesiology tape, Surgical drain, Pain, Swelling, Trismus

Brief summary

The investigator's purpose was to compare the effects of the surgical drain and kinesiologic tape applications on postoperative morbidity after mandibular third molar surgery.

Detailed description

A total of 90 patients will be scheduled for impacted third molar surgery. The patients will be divided into 3 groups.All surgeries will be carried out by the same surgeon. Group A will be treated with kinesiologic tape, Group B will be treated with a surgical drainage tube and Group C will be control group. After surgery in control group, routine surgical extraction will be performed.The investigators will compare postoperative pain, swelling, trismus and patients' comfort. The duration of each procedure from the start of the incision to the time of last suture placement will be noted. Patients are recalled on days 2, 7, 14 postoperative pain, facial swelling, maximum mouth opening, wound dehiscence. For the assesment of the pain, visual analog scale will be used. For the swelling evaluation, measurement will be done from the different three region on the face: * Tragus-Pogonion * Tragus-Labial Commissura * Angulus Mandible-Lateral canthus Maximum mouth opening will be noted before and after (one week later) the surgery.

Interventions

PROCEDUREKinesiologic Tape Group

A mucoperiosteal flap will be raised, a conventional rotary handpiece will be used under irrigation for removing the third molar.Primary wound closure will be accomplished using 3-0 silk sutures.The kinesiologic tape will be prepared individually for each patient; it will be cut into three equal strips (approximately 1.6 cm in width) and placed between the clavicle and the tragus-commissura line. The patients will be invited after one week for removing the sutures.

PROCEDUREDrain Group

A mucoperiosteal flap will be raised, a conventional rotary handpiece will be used under irrigation for removing the third molar.Primary wound closure will be accomplished using 3-0 silk sutures. A plastic non-customised drain tube (2-cm long, 2-mm diameter) will be inserted into a vertical incision between the first and second molars and sutured to the vestibular mucosa. The patients will be invited after one week for removing the sutures.

OTHERControl Group

Routine third molar extraction will be performed. No extra procedures will be done after surgery.

Sponsors

Konya Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Older than 18 of age, * Asymptomatic bilateral mesioangular impacted mandibular third molar (Pell and Gregory class II, position B) * Fully covered with mucosa and bone

Exclusion criteria

* Alcohol abuse, * Smoking, * Pregnancy, * No allergy * Presence of acute severe periodontitis.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Swelling will be assessed using paper ruler. Tragus-Pogonion Tragus-Labial Commissura Angulus Mandible-Lateral canthus.Up to 1weekSwelling measurement will be done from the different three region on the face. Tragus-Pogonion Tragus-Labial Commissura Angulus Mandible-Lateral canthus. The swelling measurement will be done preoperatively, postoperative 2nd day, 7th day after the surgery.
Pain will be assessed using a visual analogue scale.Up to 1weekThe level of postoperative pain will be evaluated using a 10-cm visual analogue scale , with zero representing no pain and 10 representing excruciating pain. Pain measurement will be done everyday in one week after the surgery.
Trismus will be evaluated using a caliper at maximum mouth opening.Up to 1weekTrismus will be assessed by measuring the maximum interincisal opening (in millimetres) - the distance between the incisal margin of the upper and lower central incisors. Trismus measurement will be done preoperatively, postoperative 2nd day, 7th day after the surgery.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026