There is no evidence based guidelines on using saline rinses for post extraction oral care among hypertensives. Similarly, benefit of orally dissolved topical analgesics in addition to orally administered analgesic is questionable.
Objective: To compare the post dental extraction healing among subjects who took simple analgesic tablets dissolved in water versus those who used saline rinses post operatively. Methods: A study will be done among patients who underwent dental extractions at AKHSP dental clinic, Karachi, Pakistan. Carious, periodontally mobile, traumatized or broken down teeth among 20-70 years old in either gender will be included. In addition to the routine prescription of antibiotics and oral analgesics, the hypertensive subjects (n=20) will be advised to take dissolved Aspirin tablet as an oral care while non-hypertensive will be divided into two sub groups (n=20 each), advised saline mouth rinses or dissolved Aspirin for 5 days, respectively. The outcome (healing of the extraction socket) will be evaluated 7 days from the day of extraction on an ordinal scale.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
60
Aspirin powder to be dissolved in water and to be used as mouthwash twice daily for 7 days after tooth extraction.
Normal saline to be used as mouthwash twice daily for 7 days after tooth extraction among non-hypertensive subjects.
Aga Khan University
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Healing of the extraction socket
1. = "healed or healing well" 2. = "incomplete healing but progressing" 3. = "poorly healed open margins and readily bleeding"
Time frame: Seven days from the day of extraction
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