A comparative study on the effectiveness and safety of Azadirachta indica leaf extract versus chlorhexidine mouth rinses on postoperative complications following mandibular third molar surgeries: a randomized, double-blinded controlled study.
- Conditions
- Oral Health
- Registration Number
- PACTR202301888753718
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr. Patience Ewere Ofiri
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 42
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.
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.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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