NCT06009302

Analgesic Effects of Extraoral Ultrasound Block of Mandibular Nerve for the Extraction of Lower Third Molars

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Varazdin General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a study about the dynamics and effects of different types of blocks (intraoral conduction anesthesia of the alveolar nerve and extraoral US block of the mandibular nerve) for extraction of lower third molars.

Detailed description

Standard method of anesthesia for extraction of horizontally positioned lower thirdmolars is intraoral conduction anesthesia of the inferior alveolar nerve. However, the analgesiceffect of block is short and it is necessary to use analgesics. In this prospective clinical study,analgesic effect of ultrasound (US) -guided extraoral block of mandibular nerve will beinvestigated, in order to prolong pain-free time and reduce the use of analgesics associated withrisks (bleeding, hepatotoxicity). Characteristics of alveolar nerve block and US block of the mandibular nerve will becompared, such as: pain during application of anesthesia, amount of anesthetic, duration ofanesthesia, need to use analgesics, time to and level of pain when using analgesics, andcomplications

Conditions

• Molar
• Impacted Teeth

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	US guided block of mandibular nerve	Extraoral ultrasound-guided block of the mandibular nerve will be performed in the examined group using an ultrasound device, using ropivacaine (0.75%, 2.5 mL).
PROCEDURE	Intraoral block of lower alveolar nerve	Block of lower alveolar nerve will be applied intraoraly using articaine+adrenaline

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-01
• Primary completion: 2023-12-31
• Completion: 2023-12-31
• First posted: 2023-08-24
• Last updated: 2024-04-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Croatia