Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the action of the homeopathic plant Arnica Montana on postoperative edema, pain and trismus after surgical extraction of impacted wisdom teeth. Materials and Methods: The study is a double-blinded clinical trial recruiting patients undergoing surgical extraction of symmetrically impacted maxillary or mandibular third molars (right and left side). Patients receive alternately and randomly the verum (Arnica Montana 12 CH) or the placebo, in the form of capsules, to be taken 1 day prior to surgery and for 7 days postoperatively. Clinical parameters are collected and include: pain score, maximum mouth opening and facial measurements to assess edema's intensity.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
10
Assess the effect of arnica montana on pain, swelling ans trismus after impacted third molar surgery
Patients will take placebo drug after surgeries
Saint Joseph University
Beirut, Lebanon
Pain VSA
Assessment of pain on visual analogue scale (between 0 and 10, 0 being no pain at all and 10 being the worst pain)
Time frame: at 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 days after surgery
Amount of face Swelling
Assessment of swelling after the intervention using a flexible ruler to measure the distance between fixed fixed reference points marked on the face: * G: Mandibular angle * C: External canthus * T: Tragus * S: Sub-nasal point * P: Pogonion
Time frame: at 0,2,7 days after surgery
Trismus intensity
Assessment of limitation of mouth opening after intervention between the incisal edges of the maxillary and the mandibular central incisors using a vernier caliper
Time frame: at 0,2 and 7 days after surgery
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