impacted lower third molars Alveolar Ridge Preservation
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients aged 18 years. 2. Patients with completely or partially impacted lower third molars. 3. Patients who require surgical extraction. 4. Patients had no evidence of pericoronitis or periapical pathology. 5. Patients who are cooperative and able to attend follow-up visits. 6. Patients have no history of systemic disease or the use of systemic medications.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. pregnant or lactating women. 2. patients receiving non steroidal antiinflammatory drugs, anticoagulant therapy, or long term steroid treatment. 3. patients with systemic conditions that compromise immunity, such as diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, HIV infection, AIDS, severe liver disease, malnutrition, adrenal insufficiency, or Cushing's syndrome. 4. Smokers. 5. patients with pericoronitis.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Socket height and width within 24 hours after extraction, then after 3 months Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain at first, third, and seventh days postoperatively Using Visual Analog Scale which ranges between 0 (no pain) and 10 (worst pain), facial swelling first, third, and seventh days postoperatively using flexible ruler to measure two distance; attachment of the ear lobe, and the corner of the mouth; and lateral canthus of the eye and mandibular angle | — |
Countries
Yemen
Contacts
University of Science and Technology