Title

Effect of different drugs for controlling post-operative swelling after implant surgery among Indians

Authors

Karthickraj Selladurai¹, Sahana Selvaganesh^*1, Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan², Thiyaneswaran Nesappan¹ & Rajalakshmanan Eswaramoorthy³

Affiliation

Department of Implantology¹, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai 600077, India; ²Department of Biochemistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai 600077, India; ³Department of Biomaterials, Centre of Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics (COMManD), Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai 600077, India; Corresponding author

Email

Karthickraj Selladurai – E-mail: skarthickraj3@gmail.com

Subhashree Rohinikumar – E-mail: subhashreer.sdc@saveetha.com

Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan – E-mail: vishnupriya@saveetha.com

Thiyaneshwaran Nesappan – E-mail:  dr.thiyan@gmail.com

Rajalakshmanan Eswaramoorthy – E-mail: rajalakshmanane.sdc@saveetha.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received April 1, 2023; Revised April 30, 2023; Accepted April 30, 2023, Published April 30, 2023

Pain and swelling are common complications associated with dental implant surgery. Forty five patients were included in this study (Group 1: Paracetamol+ amoxicillin (n=15), Group 2: Paracetamol+ Cold packs (n=15), Group 3: Paracetamol (n=15)). Post op drugs were given based on the group, and Pre and post-operative photographs were evaluated with Adobe photoshop software. The photographs were evaluated with Adobe Photoshop for Statistical analysis was done by repeated measures ANOVA. The first day post-surgery, there was increased swelling in group 1 with mean surface area of swelling of 47.6±2.1 mm² and considerable decrease in group 2, 42.1±3.5 mm². The surface area of swelling in this group was maintained in the same range till Day 7.

Keywords

Management, inflammatory complications, pain, drugs

Citation

Selladurai et al. Bioinformation 19(4): 488-490 (2023)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.