3D Evaluation of Facial Swelling Post Impacted Lower Third Molars Surgery: RCT

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Impacted Third Molar Tooth; Swelling/ Edema
• Interventions: Procedure: Piezo-electric surgery of impacted lower third molars; Procedure: Rotary bur surgery of impacted lower third molars

• Registration Number: NCT05488028
• Lead Sponsor: Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "G. Martino"

Brief Summary

Aim of the study is to evaluate the swelling following the osteotomy when performed with drilling bur versus piezo-electric instrument in the mandibular impacted third molar extraction, using a facial reconstruction software

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-04-30
• Study Completion: 2021-04-30
• Status Verified: 2022-08
• Study First Submitted: 2022-08-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-08-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-08-03
• Study First Posted: 2022-08-04
• Last Update Posted: 2022-08-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 22

Inclusion Criteria

• good general health conditions;
• presence of bilateral and symmetrical impacted third molars (according to the classifications of Winter and Pell and Gregory);

Exclusion Criteria

• no clinical evidence of major facial asymmetry;
• use of medication that would influence or alter wound healing;
• temporomandibular joint disorder history;
• smoking

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Piezosurgery	Piezo-electric surgery of impacted lower third molars	Patients needing lower third molar surgery, in which the osteotomy is performed by the use of a piezo-electric instrument
Conventional bur	Rotary bur surgery of impacted lower third molars	Patients needing lower third molar surgery, in which the osteotomy is performed by the use of a drilling bur

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Facial swelling	7 days	T0-T1 and T0-T2 scans are opened and superimposed through three reference points: endocanthion left (inner most point on commissure of left eye fissure), endocanthion right (inner most point on commissure of right eye fissure) and subnasale (mid point of columella).; After matching, the swelling was calculated by selecting the area of the swelling and subtracting the two images.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital Policlinic Gaetano Martino; 🇮🇹 Messina, Messina (ME), Italy