With a prospective, observational study assess post-surgery pain levels and patient's use of opioids and other analgesic drugs to moderate pain following third molar surgery.
SPECIFIC AIMS Using the UNC surgery clinic multi-modal protocol of drugs/dosages to control acute pain after third molar surgery assess each post-surgery day(PSD) the patient reported 1. pain levels post-surgery as recorded by Likert-type and Gracely scales 2. quality of life(QOL) outcomes for lifestyle and oral function 3. number of opioid doses taken by subject-patients 4. number of NSAID and acetaminophen doses taken by subject-patients.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
100
The patient is asked to complete the diary each post-surgery day for 14 days. Recovery is organized into three QOL domains: lifestyle, oral function, and pain.
University of North Carolina School of Dentistry
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
The impact of the surgery on the patient's post-surgery pain.
Likert scales for average pain and worst pain are assessed with 7-point scales with verbal anchors of "no pain" and "worst pain imagined". Recovery for pain on the Likert scales is defined as the number of PSD until the patient reports a score of 1 or 2 on the 7-point scale.
Time frame: 14 days
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