NCT06023524

The Effectiveness of Laser Acupuncture and Standard Medication Therapy on Mandibular Post-Odontectomy Patients

The Effectiveness Combination of Laser Acupuncture and Standard Medication on Pain Score, Interincisal Distance and Swelling in Mandibular Third Molar Post-Odontectomy Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 54 (actual)
• Sponsor: Indonesia University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Acute toothache is a problem that often occurs in the oral cavity. Toothache can be caused by an impacted tooth, in which the tooth cannot or will not erupt into its normal position. The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMFS) states that 9 out of 10 people have at least one impacted tooth, and impacted mandibular third molars have the greatest prevalence. Laser acupuncture is an acupuncture modality that has the benefit of reducing pain after third molar extraction. The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the group that received a combination of laser acupuncture and standard medication compared to the group that received the combination of sham laser acupuncture and standard medication alone, in management of post-mandibular odontectomy patients. The main objective of this study is to analyze the combination of laser acupuncture and medication significantly improving the patient's pain intensity, interincisal distance and post-odontectomy swelling compared to the combination group of sham laser acupuncture and medication.

Detailed description

This is a clinical trial study to evaluate the group that received a combination of laser acupuncture and standard medication compared to the group that received the combination of sham laser acupuncture and standard medication alone, in management of post-mandibular odontectomy patients. The required sample was 57 mandibular third molars in male/female subjects post-odontectomy and randomized into 2 groups: (1) combination of laser acupuncture with standard medication and (2) combination of sham laser acupuncture with standard medication. The subjects will receive two times treatment, on day-1 (baseline) and day-3 after odontectomy. The outcome will be assessed on day-1 (baseline), day-3 and day-7 post-odontectomy. Patients and outcome assessors will be blinded to the group allocation.

Conditions

• Laser Acupuncture
• Impacted Third Molar Tooth

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Laser Acupuncture and Standard Medication	Laser Acupuncture: using RJ laser Nogier E program, with 4672Hz, 785 nm and power 70 mW. Dose 4 Joule at the acupuncture body points and 1 Joule at the ear points
DEVICE	Sham Laser Acupuncture and Standard Medication	Laser Acupuncture: using RJ laser Nogier E program, with 4672Hz, 785 nm and power 70 mW. The laser is turned on but not activated

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-04
• Primary completion: 2023-10-31
• Completion: 2023-10-31
• First posted: 2023-09-05
• Last updated: 2023-11-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Indonesia