Oral Health
Conditions
Interventions
Azadirachta Indica group
Sponsors
Dr. Patience Ewere Ofiri
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age- 18-50 years. 2. Healthy patients (ASA I and II status). 3. Patients who did not use any antibiotic or anti-inflammatory agent 7 days prior to surgery. 4. Patients who understood the procedure and agreed to sign the informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with acute local infection at the operation site 2. Patients with systemic conditions like uncontrolled diabetes, uncontrolled hypertension, and blood dyscrasias. 3. Patients who were poorly motivated. 4. Patients whose duration of surgery exceeded 45 minutes 5. Patients whose dentition lacks natural opposing central incisors or prosthetic equivalent which would not allow standardization of the measurement of the maximum inter-incisal opening. 6. Patients on medications that might influence the surgical procedure or affect wound healing e.g., anticoagulants, and corticosteroids. 7. Patients with impacted third molars along a fracture line 8. Patients who were smokers. 9. Patient who are alcoholics 10. Patients who presented with impacted mandibular third molars assessed as ‘difficult’ using the Pederson Index. 11. Patients who had a history of head and neck cancer or radiotherapy. 12. Patients who were pregnant or lactating.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Postoperative complications included the following signs and symptoms: alveolar infection; alveolar osteitis; trismus; pain (as assessed by a visual analog scale); and facial swelling as measured by the Laskin method. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Delayed wound healing using IPR Wound Healing Scale | — |
Countries
Nigeria
Contacts
Public ContactLawrence O. Igbinosa
Ugbowo
Outcome results
None listed