| Disease | EIGHTY-TWO PATIENTS REQUIRING SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A MANDIBULAR THIRD MOLAR WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO RECEIVE
PLACEBO (GROUP 1), IBUPROFEN (GROUP 2), AND A PHYTOTHERAPEUTIC DRUG (COMPOSED OF BAICALIN, 190 MG; BROMELAIN, 50
MG; AESCIN, 30 MG) (GROUP 3). DRUGS WERE ADMINISTERED AFTER TOOTH EXTRACTION TWICE A DAY FOR 5 DAYS. THE PRIMARY
OUTCOME, PAIN, WAS EVALUATED USING A VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE. SECONDARY OUTCOMES WERE CHANGES IN MAXIMUM
MOUTH OPENING AND FACIAL CONTOURS (MM) BETWEEN BASELINE AND AT 24 H, 72 H, AND 7 AND 10 DAYS AFTER SURGERY.
COMPARED TO THE BASELINE, ALL TREATMENTS DEMONSTRATED AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
OUTCOMES. MOREOVER, COMPARED TO GROUPS 1 AND 2, PATIENTS IN GROUP 3 YIELDED A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF THE
POSTOPERATIVE PAIN SCORE AT 12 H (P < 0.001), 24 H (P = 0.010), AND 48 H (P = 0.048) AFTER SURGERY. THE MEAN REDUCTION OF
THE SWELLING AND TRISMUS WAS SIMILAR BETWEEN GROUPS.THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY SUGGEST THAT A POSTOPERATIVE
ADMINISTRATION OF A PHYTOTHERAPEUTIC DRUG WAS FOUND TO BE EFFECTIVE IN POSTOPERATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT AFTER
THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF IMPACTED MANDIBULAR THIRD MOLARS. |