Dexamethasone Administration, Post Extraction Complication
Conditions
Brief summary
Evaluating the effectiveness of using a single immediate postoperative intramuscular Dexamethasone injection on pain, swelling, trismus and tissue healing in the first seven days. Methods: A split mouth technique on 16 patients with bilateral similar impacted mandibular third molar were extracted; one side was given 8mg intramuscular injection of dexamethasone (study group) and the other side wasn't given injection (control group) and compare of the two sides were done in the following seven days.
Interventions
DRUGDexamethasone
single 8mg post-operative intramuscular injection
Sponsors
Yassir R. Al-khannaq
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Each patient resembles the study group in which the patient is injected intramuscularly by a single dose 8mg dexamethasone immediate postoperatively after removal of impacted mandibular third molar on one side and control group on which the impacted mandibular third molar on the other side is removed without usage of 8mg dexamethasone.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
15 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* bilateral similar impacted lower third molar * willing to do surgical extraction
Exclusion criteria
* Patients who are not fulfill the inclusion criteria * allergic to dexamethasone * who has medical diseases * taking any medications * pregnant or lactating women
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| post operative pain changes | each participant was seen at 1st, 3rd and 7th post-operative days | measurement of change in pain on visual scale analog from 10 to 1 , 10 mean the worst pain and 1 is least pain |
| Change in post operative swelling | each participant was seen at 1st, 3rd and 7th post-operative days | The swelling was measured between two points marked on skin in millimeters using ruler |
| Post operative Change in mouth opening | each participant was seen at 1st, 3rd and 7th post-operative days | The distance between upper and lower incisors was measured in millimeters using ruler |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tissue healing | Healing was assessed on the 7th postoperative day | Healing of extraction site was assessed by using Landry, Turnbull and Howley index |
Countries
Iraq
Outcome results
None listed