Comparison of the effects of oral and intramuscular use of corticosteroids on pain, swelling and mouth opening and closing movements after extraction of the wisdom tooth

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• Conditions: Balanitis; Molar, Third; A14.549.167.860.525.500; C12.294.494.136

• Registration Number: RBR-7g6qq8
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade Federal do Paraná

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-03-25
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Data analysis completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

The inclusion criteria were: healthy subjects, aged over 16 years of either sex, without contraindications for corticoid treatment, no history of pericoronitis for the last 6 months, no history of recent illness that required medications that could alter the inflammatory response, no use of medication that could interfere with the healing process and who required extraction of all four third molars. The extractions were all of similar technical difficulty and orthopantomography showed positioning and depth of impaction to be symmetrical in each arch. All patients required ostectomy and tooth sectioning of the lower third molar to achieve extraction. The difficulty was determined by means of the Pell and Gregory classification.

Exclusion Criteria

Occurrence of post-operative local infection
Failure to attend second surgical procedure

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ower formation of swelling, trismus and pain after extraction of third molars from the side of the mouth in which the exodontia was made and intramuscular corticosteroid administration in relation to the side administered orally is expected. The method used to evaluate swelling and trismus was through the measurement of predetermined points, and to measure the pain a visual scale was used. From the observation of a variation in the pre- and post-intervention measurements, we can see if the outcome actually occurred.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
It is expected to find differences between the different measures of preoperative pain, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 24 hours, 36 hours, 48 hours, 60 hours, 72 hours and 84 hours after extraction. From the observation of a variation in the pre and post extraction measurements we can see if the outcome actually occurred.;It is expected to find differences between measures of swelling at different preoperative moments, 48 hours and 7 days after extraction. From the observation of a variation in the pre and post extraction measurements we can see if the outcome actually occurred.;It is expected to find differences between the measures of trismus in the different moments of preoperative, 48 hours and 7 days after extraction. From the observation of a variation in the pre and post extraction measurements we can see if the outcome actually occurred.