Authors : Mesgarzadeh Ali Hossein , Goshaderu Abbas and Shahamfar Mohamad Reza
Abstract: The effect of cryotherapy on pain, swelling and trismus following third molar surgery was evaluated using an observer blind split mouth clinical trial. Twenty patients undergoing surgical extraction of symmetrically bilateral impacted mandibular third molar were studied. Each patient received two operations 5 week apart. Randomly allocated to side and appointment, each patient received cryotherapy immediately after surgery for 25 min every houre for 24 h while receiving no intervention on the other side to serve as control. Clinical examination of pain, swelling and trismus were performed 24 and 48 h postoperatively. Analysis data of each side determined no significant reduction of pain or trismus either on fist or second postoperative days. However, swelling significantly decreased. We conclude that cryotherapy may be used for controlling of swelling; however, based on our findings, we can not attribute the same for pain or trismus.
Mesgarzadeh Ali Hossein , Goshaderu Abbas and Shahamfar Mohamad Reza , 2008. Evaluating Facial Cryotherapy for Postoperative Sequelae of Third Molar Surgery: A Randomized Observer-blind Split Mouth Clinical Trial . Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 3: 154-160.