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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02416869
Date of registration: 02/04/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Belgrade
Public title: Dexamethasone in Lower Third Molar Surgery
Scientific title: Effectiveness of Different Application Modalities of Dexamethasone on Clinical Parameters and Quality of Life After Lower Third Molar Surgery
Date of first enrolment: January 2014
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02416869
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Serbia
Contacts
Name:     Miroslav M Andric, DDS, PhD
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Affiliation:  School of Dental Medicine
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Healthy patients (ASA I)

- Bilateral symmetrically impacted lower third molars according to Pel-Gregory's and
Winter's classification

Exclusion Criteria:

- Heavy tobacco smokers

- Drug and / or alcohol abusers



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Impacted Third Molar Tooth
Intervention(s)
Drug: 4mg Dexamethasone submucosal
Drug: 8mg Dexamethasone submucosal
Procedure: 4mg Dexamethasone preoperative
Procedure: Intramuscular application
Procedure: Submucosal application
Procedure: 4mg Dexamethasone postoperative
Primary Outcome(s)
Facial swelling (using 3 facial measurements (in millimeters) [Time Frame: 1 day, 3 day, 7 day]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Postoperative discomfort (25-items custom made questionnaire) [Time Frame: 4 day, 7 day]
Postoperative pain (visual analog scale) [Time Frame: 1 day, 3 day, 7 day]
Postoperative trismus (difference in interincisal distance at the maximal mouth opening (in millimeters) before and after surgery) [Time Frame: 1 day, 3 day, 7 day]
Secondary ID(s)
36/11-2013
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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