Evaluation of the time taken for surgical removal of impacted wisdom tooth
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K011- Impacted teeth
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/09/036464
- Lead Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 36
i. Patients with Mandibular third molar distoangularly impacted on panoramic
radiographs
ii. Mandibular third molars with Class I and Class II relation with the anterior border of ramus according to Pell and Gregoryâ??s classification
i. Grossly decayed impacted Mandibular third molar
ii. Patients with severe uncontrolled systemic diseases, such as leukaemia, lymphoma, haemophilia, cardiac conditions, cardiac dysrhythmia, hypertension, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, renal disease, etc, who are unwilling to be optimised prior to surgery.
iii. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) III or above
iv. Patients with a coagulation disorder
v. Female patients who were pregnant or menstruating
vi. Patients taking systemic corticosteroids, immunosuppressive
agents, bisphosphonates, or cancer chemotherapeutic agents
vii. Patients with a history of therapeutic radiation to the head and
neck region
viii. Patients with limitation of mouth opening and could not place
three fingers between the upper and lower central incisors
when opening the mouth
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Operating time in minutes (intra-operative Time) - Outcome is assessed at the end of surgery no followup.Timepoint: Time start point: Start of incision <br/ ><br>Time End Point: Removal of the impacted tooth.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method eed for Rescue AnalgesicsTimepoint: The number of rescue analgesics (paracetamol 650mg) taken by <br/ ><br>the patient during the follow-up period will be recorded.;Post Operative OdemaTimepoint: Oedema will be assessed by measuring two linear references with silk thread: between the corner of the mouth and tragus; between the lateral canthus and the angle of the mandible. This <br/ ><br>outcome was calculated as the sum of the two linear references.;Post Operative PainTimepoint: Using 10 point Numerative rating scale (NRS) with 0 being <br/ ><br>no pain and 10 being the worst pain imaginable, the pain will be <br/ ><br>assessed on day 3 and day 7;Post Operative TrismusTimepoint: Trismus will be measured by measuring interincisal distance preoperatively, postoperative day 7 using a digital Vernier calliper