Clinical articleComparative study of the effect of a tube drain in impacted lower third molar surgery
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Materials and methods
This research was a split mouth study, and the initial sample comprised 70 patients of both genders with impacted lower third molars. Initially, 5 patients underwent the surgical removal of teeth with the purpose of calibrating the surgical technique. These 5 patients and 12 additional patients were excluded because they proved to be unsuitable for the study. The final sample was therefore composed of 53 patients, who were operated on by the same surgeon (P.R.F.C.). The evaluation was carried
Results
Fifty-three patients participated in this evaluation, of whom 16 (30.2%) were male and 37 (69.8%) were female. Ages varied from 14 to 30 years (mean, 21.49 ± 4.77 years) and 50% of the third molars were in the vertical position, 41.5% were in the mesioangular position, and 8.5% were in the distoangular position. Intensity of the pain in most of the patients was mild in accordance with a visual analog scale. In the control group (suture), the percentage of pain was higher than the experimental
Discussion
Surgery of impacted third molars is one of the most frequent procedures in oral and maxillofacial surgery and can lead to immediate and postoperative discomfort.6, 7 Many authors report that the postoperative quality of life in this type of surgical intervention is a quite interesting topic, because discomforts such as pain, swelling, and trismus are well known and lead to a transitory functional alteration in the mastication function.2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 These postoperative discomforts may
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