1: Acupunct Electrother Res. 2000;25(2):109-15.

Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth
extraction.

Kitade T, Ohyabu H.

Department of Basic Oriental Medicine, Meiji University of Oriental Medicine,
Kyoto, Japan.

We evaluated the analgesic effects of acupuncture on postoperative pain by
comparing patients who underwent routine tooth extraction alone (control group)
and those who underwent tooth extraction in combination with acupuncture
(experimental group) by the random allocation method. As teeth easy to extract.
requiring no gingival incision (grade A) or those difficult to extract, requiring
gingival incision or bone cutting (grade B). As local anesthesia, 1.8 ml or 3.6
ml of 2% xylocaine was used. The LI.4, Hegu on both sides and ST.7, Xiaguan and
ST.6, Jiache on the affected side were selected. Low frequency electrical
acupuncture was performed. When acupuncture was used in combination with tooth
extraction, 3 of 22 patients did not develop postoperative pain. In patients with
wisdom teeth difficult to extract (grade B), acupuncture used in combination with
local anesthesia decreased postoperative pain.

Publication Types: 
    Clinical Trial
    Randomized Controlled Trial

PMID: 10968648 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2: Indian J Med Sci. 1990 Aug;44(8):205-8.

Suprofen: its usefulness in the control of pain following surgical removal of
impacted wisdom tooth.

Awang MN, Boon LC, Nor GM.

Department of Oral Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala
Lumpur.

The results of the present investigation have shown the usefulness of suprofen in
the control of pain following surgical removal of impacted wisdom tooth. The
regime of 200 mg. q.d.s. orally, was shown to be satisfactory in the control of
postoperative pain. Pain was rapidly controlled by the 1st hour after ingestion
and subsequently maintained at a low profile until is was completely abolished by
the 8th hour of the postoperative period.

PMID: 2262207 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

3: Proc Finn Dent Soc. 1990;86(1):23-7.

Helium-neon laser therapy in the prevention of postoperative swelling and pain
after wisdom tooth extraction.

Taube S, Piironen J, Ylipaavalniemi P.

Department of Oral Surgery, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Seventeen patients with symmetrically embedded lower wisdom teeth were selected
for this study, intended to evaluate the local effect of soft laser therapy on
postoperative pain. Both lower third molars were removed in the same operation.
The test side, chosen by lot, was treated using a helium-neon laser (632,8 nm, 8 
mW, 50 Hz) for 2 minutes. The other side served as the untreated control side.
Facial swelling was measured using a modification of the face-bow technique.
Postoperative pain was estimated using a visual analogue scale (VAS). When it
became apparent that conventional statistical analysis was revealing no
difference in postoperative swelling and pain between the test and the control
groups, the study was discontinued for ethical reasons.

PMID: 2385579 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

4: Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1988 Aug;26(4):284-91.

A gnathodynanometer as an objective means of pain assessment following wisdom
tooth removal.

High AS, Macgregor AJ, Tomlinson GE, Salkouskis PM.

Department of Dental Surgery, University of Leeds.

There appears to be no information concerning changes in bite strength following 
wisdom tooth removal. A gnathodynanometer was constructed, calibrated and then
tested on 20 normal subjects. Sixty five patients scheduled for third molar
surgery were assessed by this device immediately before operation and on the
seventh post-operative day. Post-operatively, they were asked to complete a
McGill pain questionnaire (MPQ) and indicate their present pain on a numerical
rating scale (NRS). Bite strength was reduced in all cases. The side which was
most painful tended to have the larger reduction. The reduction in bite strength 
was found to have a highly significant correlation with the numerical rating
scale and a significant correlation with the sensory descriptors of the McGill
pain questionnaire. It would appear, therefore, that the gnathodynanometer holds 
promise as a research tool in oral surgery.

PMID: 3166962 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

5: Shikai Tenbo. 1985 Jan;65(1):205-19.

[McN-2783 for pain following the extraction of impacted wisdom tooth--clinical
evaluation]

[Article in Japanese]

Kurita K, Sugiura M, Shimogo K, Hattori T, Kawai K.

Publication Types: 
    Clinical Trial

PMID: 3883530 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]