Effect of dexamethasone injection on reducing complications due to impacted wisdom tooth surgery
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Impacted mandibular third molar surgery.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20181204041849N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Bojnourd University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 22
Inclusion Criteria
People who have impacted mandibular wisdom tooth in both sides with same difficulty.
People who don`t have pericoronitis & infection.
Exclusion Criteria
Pregnant women
People who have uncontrolled systemic disease.
People who have sensitivity to the drugs that are being used in the study.
Use of drugs that interfere with dexamethasone.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Edema. Timepoint: Before the surgery, second & seventh day after surgery. Method of measurement: Swelling will be measured by a flexible ruler & the distance between the facial landmarks (tragus-pogonium, tragus-commissur of the lip, angle of mandible-outer canthus of eye) in millimeters.;Pain. Timepoint: Surgical day, Day 1, Day 3 and Seventh day after surgery. Method of measurement: Patients score 10-0 according to the Standard Visual Analog Scale.;Trismus. Timepoint: Before the surgery, second & seventh day after surgery. Method of measurement: Measure the distance between the edges of the upper and lower central incisors by a graded ruler, when the patient opens the mouth to the extent possible.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method