Efficacy of Chewing Gum to Reduce Orthodontic Pain Compared to Placebo: A Blinded, Parallel-Group, Preliminary Clinical Trial

Alqareer, Athbi; Alyahya, Asma; Al-Anezi, Saud A.; AlAwadhi, Ahmad; Qabandi, Salem Al; Alyaseen, Mohammad

doi:10.11607/ofph.2192

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“…The pain intensity in this study reached its peak at bedtime in the NG group and after 24 h in the CG group. This result agreed with Farzanegan et al [12], Elvina et al [21], and Delavarian et al [20], but disagreed with Alqareer et al [24] who showed great individual variability with regards to the peak pf pain intensity.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…In this RCT, we chose 10 min duration of chewing haphazardly. The duration of CG in our study was consistent with Delavarian et al [20] and Elvina et al [21], but not consistent with Alqareer et al [24], Farzanegan et al [12], Benson et al [19], and Al-Melh et al [23]. Further research should be done to determine the optimal duration of CG to reduce the orthodontic pain.…”

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confidence: 76%

“…Patients in the bite wafer group were asked to chew to avoid pain which gave the impression that the pain was inevitable, while patients in the control group were asked not to chew hard food to prevent pain giving the impression that the pain was not certain. Alqareer et al [24] investigated the pain along a duration of 10 days after bonding the fixed orthodontic appliances and asked the patients to chew gum for a duration from 5 to 10 min which was not consistent with our study. Also, the age of the participants was different.…”

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confidence: 73%

“…On the other hand, the results of this RCT were not compatible with Otasevic et al [22], Al-Melh et al [23], Alqareer et al [24], and Farzanegan et al [12]. The different results might be attributed to the variability in study designs and methods, patients' characteristics, duration of the outcome assessment, and duration of CG.…”

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confidence: 64%

“…In this RCT, we assessed the pain along a duration of 1 week according to some reports [12], [25], which demonstrated that this duration was enough for the pain to diminish. However, the week duration was not compatible with Alqareer et al [24] and Al-Melh et al [23] who investigated the effect on pain for 10 days and 8 h, respectively. On the other hand, the week duration was consistent with Farzanegan et al [12], Benson et al [19], Delavarian et al [20], and Elvina et al [21].…”

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confidence: 80%

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Effect of Chewing Gum on Pain Following Orthodontic Elastomeric Separators Placement: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Abdul-Aziz

2021

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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AIM: The aim of the study was to investigate whether chewing gum (CG) can reduce pain as compared to non-CG (NG) after orthodontic elastomeric separators placement. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixty patients were randomly allocated in a ratio of 1:1 to CG group (mean age = 21.82 ± 0.87 years) and NG group (mean age = 22.31 ± 1.09 years). Patients in the CG group were instructed to chew sugar-free gum for 10 min immediately after separators placement and then at 8-h intervals for 1 week, while the patients in the NG group were instructed not to chew any type of gum for the duration of the study. Patients in the two groups were asked not to use any type of analgesics. The patients were asked to register their pain level using a 10-cm horizontal line visual analog scale at 2 h, 6 h, bedtime, 24 h, and then daily for 1 week after separators placement. RESULTS: The data from 53 patients (27 in the NG group and 26 in the CG group) were analyzed. The pain scores were significantly lower in CG as compared to NG at 2 h, 6 h, bedtime, 24 h, and 2 days after separators placement. From day 3 to the end of the week duration of the study, the pain scores stayed lower in the CG group, but the difference was not statistically significant. CONCLUSION: CG significantly reduced pain resulting from orthodontic elastomeric separators placement as compared to non-CG controls.

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Effect of Chewing Gum on Pain Following Orthodontic Elastomeric Separators Placement: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Abdul-Aziz

2021

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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Effect of menthol on pain perception after placing brass wire separators: A split-mouth randomized controlled trial

Soheilifar¹,

Zandian²,

Fathi

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Clinical and Investigative Orthodontics

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The effect of chewing gum on the rate of en-masse space closure: A randomised controlled trial

Murugan,

Kailasam

2024

J Orthod

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Aim: To evaluate the effect of chewing gum on the rate of space closure, oral hygiene, pain during space closure and appliance breakage in patients undergoing fixed appliance therapy. Design: A prospective, single-centre, two-arm, parallel, double-blinded randomised controlled trial. Setting: Orthodontic unit of a privately funded hospital, Chennai, India. Participants: In total, 28 participants were randomly allocated into a chewing gum group (CGG) (n = 14) or a control group (CG) (n = 14). Methods: Baseline data were collected at the start of retraction (T0), at 4 weeks (T1), 8 weeks (T2) and 12 weeks (T3) after the start of retraction. Rate of space closure, pain, oral hygiene and appliance breakage were assessed at T1, T2 and T3. Data were analysed using an independent t-test with P < 0.05 considered to be statistically significant. Results: The mean rate of space closure in the CGG was 0.9 ± 0.2 mm/month and 0.8 ± 0.2 mm/month in the CG ( P = 0.07, 95% confidence intervals [CI] were 0.80–1.01 for the CGC and 0.70–0.91 for the CG). In both the groups, oral hygiene became worse between T0 and T3. At T0 and T1, participants in the CGG reported less pain at 24 h and 7 days when compared to the CG ( P < 0.05). At T2 and T3, participants in the CGG reported less pain at 0 h, 24 h and 7 days when compared to the CG ( P < 0.05). Appliance breakage in both groups was minimal, with an odds ratio of 0.7 (95% CI 0.1–3.8) and was similar ( P = 0.66) Conclusion: There was minimal increase that was clinically not significant in the rate of space closure with chewing gum. Chewing gum ensured better oral hygiene, helped alleviate pain and had no effect on appliance breakage during space closure.

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Efficacy of Chewing Gum to Reduce Orthodontic Pain Compared to Placebo: A Blinded, Parallel-Group, Preliminary Clinical Trial

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Effect of Chewing Gum on Pain Following Orthodontic Elastomeric Separators Placement: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Effect of Chewing Gum on Pain Following Orthodontic Elastomeric Separators Placement: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Effect of menthol on pain perception after placing brass wire separators: A split-mouth randomized controlled trial

The effect of chewing gum on the rate of en-masse space closure: A randomised controlled trial

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