Pulsed electromagnetic energy therapy in third molar surgery

Hutchinson, David; Witt, S.; Fairpo, C G

doi:10.1016/0030-4220(78)90302-x

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“…The drugs were prescribed as part of a therapeutic regime in 68.2% of cases and compliance with prescribed treatment was very high (84.7%). A total of 55.5% of patients suffered pain in the 24 hours post-intervention, and a larger proportion of these were women, as was also observed in the scientific literature (14)(15)(16). However, this difference is not apparent in the multivariate analysis which did not show a greater proportion of women suffering pain, although the severity of pain suffered by women was found to be greater, but with no clinical relevance.…”

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Evaluation of the immediate post-operative procedure after dental intervetions. 24 hours follow up study. Epico Study

Bagán¹,

Soler-López²,

Épico-Study-Group³

2011

Med Oral

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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to make a descriptive approximation of the therapeutic management of the different dental interventions in clinical practice today, and to analyze the degree of consensus among the specialists participating in the study. Study Design: A total of 447 odontologists, stomatologists or maxillofacial surgeons from 43 Spanish provinces participated in the study. The study sample consisted of patients aged 18 years old or over attending the clinic for a dental intervention. The type of intervention carried out and treatments administered before and after the intervention were recorded. At 24 hours after the intervention, intensity of pain experienced by the patient, rescue therapy administered for pain relief, sleep affectation, the appearance of adverse events or complications of the intervention, and treatment compliance were also recorded. Results: Data corresponding to 4,194 patients were analyzed, of whom 53.2% were women (2,232). The mean age was 42.6 years (95%CI 42.2-43). The most frequent interventions corresponded to: oral surgery (66.4%), endodontics (17.3%) and periodontal treatment (4.6%). A total of 43.2% of the patients were taking some medication before the intervention: anticoagulants (2.5%), antibiotics (33%), pain relief and/or anti-inflammatory agents (23%) and other drugs (7.6%); 16.6% were receiving combined treatment with antibiotics and analgesics and/or anti-inflammatory agents before the intervention. Treatments prescribed to the patient for the 24 hours following the intervention corresponded to only one analgesic and/or anti-inflammatory in 18%, and a combination of analgesics and/or anti-inflammatories in 77.1%. Antibiotics were prescribed in 39.7%. Conclusions: Different patterns of therapeutic management by the specialists were noted depending on the type of intervention carried out. The use of analgesics and/or anti-inflammatories depended on the severity of pain expected with each intervention and the administration of antibiotics was related to the prevention of local infections.

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Evaluation of the immediate post-operative procedure after dental intervetions. 24 hours follow up study. Epico Study

Bagán¹,

Soler-López²,

Épico-Study-Group³

2011

Med Oral

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“…When used before a surgical procedure for pre-emptive analgesia, 17,29,46 PEMF therapy seemed to have a more powerful effect. This possibility was not considered in the present trial, but further studies on this are warranted.…”

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“…It was also demonstrated that PEMF therapy was more effective when applied preoperatively as well. In a doubleblinded, placebo-controlled trial, Hutchinson et al 29 investigated the effects of PEMF therapy on pain, swelling, and trismus in 74 patients undergoing third molar extraction. They found no differences between the test and placebo groups in any of the parameters considered.…”

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“…This, however, may have to do with the patients' perception of the device as concrete proof of the surgeons' concern about their postoperative well-being, as already mentioned elsewhere. 29 Furthermore, this kind of wearable therapeutic technology is also seen as a portable access to drug-free pain relief, as seen with other similar health care appliances. 49 This study had some limitations in that the study population was clinically inhomogeneous with regard to certain features.…”

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“…23 PEMF therapy has been used in the field of dentistry as well, with good outcomes in various in vitro, animal, and clinical studies. [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] Previously published studies mainly tested large appliances that were not portable 3,32 ; however, smaller, wearable devices are now being manufactured. Little has been written so far about the latter, and the literature only provides a preliminary clinical study that demonstrated that the use of a portable PEMF device coincided with significantly less postoperative pain.…”

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The purpose of this study was to assess the degree of pain during periodontal probing and mechanical non-surgical therapy according to age, gender, and intersubject variation such as tooth type, tooth surfaces or regions of mouth, probing depth, and bleeding on probing. The study was carried out on 64 patients with chronic periodontitis. Pain/discomfort of patients during both periodontal probing and scaling and root planing (SRP) was measured using a visual analog scale (VAS). During periodontal probing and SRP, VAS scores decreased with increasing age for two procedures (Spearman rho, -0.301 and -0.348, respectively; P < 0.01). VAS scores were considerably lower for oral sites than for facial sites. VAS scores in probing were significantly higher in sites > or =4 mm deep than sites <4 mm deep. Sites bleeding on probing had a significantly higher VAS scores than sites no bleeding on probing (p < 0.05). The results showed that although there is no difference between genders, the intensity of pain during periodontal probing and SRP was different dramatically between patients as well as vary between different locations in the same mouth. If pain responses for probing in different several regions in the same mouth during initial examination were noted into patient chart used for initial examination, the therapist will recognize patients with elevated pain responses. If need be, they will then apply some pain control medication or anesthetic for patients during probing and SRP.

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Pulsed electromagnetic energy therapy in third molar surgery

Cited by 20 publications

References 6 publications

Evaluation of the immediate post-operative procedure after dental intervetions. 24 hours follow up study. Epico Study

Evaluation of the immediate post-operative procedure after dental intervetions. 24 hours follow up study. Epico Study

Pulsed electromagnetic fields for postoperative pain: a randomized controlled clinical trial in patients undergoing mandibular third molar extraction

Pain levels in patients during periodontal probing and mechanical non-surgical therapy

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