Effect of Piezoelectric Surgery on Pain, Comfort, and Patient Satisfaction in Third Molar Surgery

Ege University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Oral Complication

Treatments

Procedure: piezoelectric surgery

Procedure: conventional surgery

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06971653

EGE-DHF-MZ-004

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of piezoelectric surgery on postoperative pain, comfort and patient satisfaction with conventional bur method applied in surgical extraction of impacted mandibular third molars.

The main question it aims to answer is:

Is piezoelectric surgery effective on reducing pain and increasing comfort and patient satisfaction in impacted third molar surgery? Pain levels were assessed using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and patient satisfaction was measured with functional evaluations conducted on the 1st, 3rd, and 7th postoperative days.

Enrollment

60 patients

Sex

All

Ages

20 to 40 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients with mesioangular, distoangular, vertical or horizontal, fully impacted and fully bone retained impacted lower wisdom teeth
Patients without any systemic disease
Patients who have been informed about the duration, purpose and requirements of the study and who have signed the informed consent form voluntarily.

Exclusion criteria

Patients with any systemic contraindication, infection in the area of the tooth to be extracted, anamnesis of sensitivity to paracetamol derivatives or aspirin, pregnant or breastfeeding patients, and patients using antibiotics or anti-inflammatory drugs in the last 3 weeks
In addition, smokers or alcohol addicts were not included in the study.