This study evaluates the effectiveness of kinesio taping in reducing swelling, pain, and trismus complications after wisdom tooth extraction surgery. Patients undergoing bilateral symmetrical extraction of mandibular third molars, Kinesio tape was applied on the study side and placebo tape on the control side. Pain intensity was assessed using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), swelling was measured using predefined facial landmarks, and mouth opening was recorded using interincisal distance measurements. Data were collected preoperatively (T0) and on the 1st (T1), 2nd (T2), and 3rd (T3) postoperative days.
Introduction: Complications following third molar surgery can affect patients' quality of life. Kinesio taping is a simple, non-invasive method with a clear mechanism of action in fluid drainage, one of the strategies for symptom reduction in wisdom tooth extraction surgery. This study evaluates the effectiveness of kinesio taping in reducing swelling, pain, and trismus complications after wisdom tooth extraction surgery. Methods: A split-mouth, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted on 17 patients indicated bilateral mandibular third molar extraction. Each patient had Kinesio tape applied to one surgical site and a placebo tape to the contralateral side. Pain intensity was assessed using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), swelling was measured using predefined facial landmarks, and mouth opening was recorded using interincisal distance measurements. Data were collected preoperatively (T0) and on the 1st (T1), 2nd (T2), and 3rd (T3) postoperative days.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
17
Kinesio tape applied to one surgical site
The non-elastic tape with only adhesive properties was used as the placebo tape on the other side
University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh city
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
post operative pain
* Pain intensity was evaluated using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and the total number of analgesic tablets consumed by the patient. Patients self-assessed their pain levels using VAS during the first 3 days after surgery. * The VAS is a 100 mm long straight segment from 0 (painless) to 100 (unbearable pain).
Time frame: 1st, 2nd, 3rd post operative days
post operative swelling
\- Preoperative facial measurements were recorded by assessing the lengths of the following segments: * AB (vertical dimension): From the outer canthus (A) to the lowest point of the mandibular angle (B). * CD line (horizontal dimension): from the midpoint of the tragus (C) to the oral commissure (D). * BD line (oblique dimension): from the lowest point of the mandibular angle (B) to the oral commissure (D). On each assessment timepoint: \- The patient sat in a 45-degree reclined chair position with the lower jaw in the resting position. Swelling was assessed by re-measuring 3 segments: AB, CD and BD during the first 3 days after surgery.
Time frame: 1st, 2nd, 3td postoperative day
Number of painkiller tablets:
record the total number of painkiller tablets taken by the patient and summarize on the 3rd day after surgery.
Time frame: 1st, 2nd, 3rd post operative days
post operative trismus
The patient's maximum mouth opening was assessed using a caliper to measure the interincisal distance, rounded to the nearest millimeter
Time frame: 1st, 2nd, 3td postoperative day
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