Effect of Piezoelectric Surgery on Pain, Comfort, and Patient Satisfaction in Third Molar Surgery

Piezoelectric Versus Conventional Surgical Approaches in Third Molar Removal: A Focus on Pain, Comfort, and Patient Satisfaction

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of piezoelectric surgery on postoperative pain, comfort and patient satisfaction with conventional bur method applied in surgical extraction of impacted mandibular third molars.

The main question it aims to answer is:

Is piezoelectric surgery effective on reducing pain and increasing comfort and patient satisfaction in impacted third molar surgery? Pain levels were assessed using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and patient satisfaction was measured with functional evaluations conducted on the 1st, 3rd, and 7th postoperative days.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Oral Complication
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: conventional surgery; Procedure: piezoelectric surgery

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with mesioangular, distoangular, vertical or horizontal, fully impacted and fully bone retained impacted lower wisdom teeth
• Patients without any systemic disease
• Patients who have been informed about the duration, purpose and requirements of the study and who have signed the informed consent form voluntarily.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with any systemic contraindication, infection in the area of the tooth to be extracted, anamnesis of sensitivity to paracetamol derivatives or aspirin, pregnant or breastfeeding patients, and patients using antibiotics or anti-inflammatory drugs in the last 3 weeks
• In addition, smokers or alcohol addicts were not included in the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 30 patients in the piezoelectric surgery group	Procedure: piezoelectric surgery; This retrospective clinical study included 30 patients who underwent extraction of impacted lower third molars with piezoelectric surgery
Experimental: 30 patients in the conventional surgery group	Procedure: conventional surgery; This retrospective clinical study included 30 patients who underwent extraction of impacted lower third molars with conventional surgery

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Postoperative pain with Routine and Piezoelectric Surgery	The primary outcome measure is postoperative pain with Routine and Piezoelectric Surgery in bilateral impacted third molar. Postoperative pain is assessed using the numbered and visual pain scale. Patients are asked to mark the pain they felt on the scale days after the operation.	The postoperative outcomes including pain are clinically assessed at different-time intervals (6th and 12th hours after the operation, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 7th days after the operation).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Chewing, Swallowing and Speaking Functions with Routine and Piezoelectric Surgery	Starting from the first day of the operation until the 7th day when the stitches are removed, the patients mark their subjective complaints about their quality of life on the forms by giving them scores between 0 and 5, considering their chewing, swallowing and speaking functions. (Patient Evaluation Form) These forms are evaluated and the patients' satisfaction with their quality of life is measured in the post-operative period.	The postoperative outcomes including chewing, swallowing and speaking are clinically assessed at different-time intervals (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th days postoperative days).

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ege University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Mert Zeytinoğlu, Ege University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2012
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 1, 2012
• Study Completion (Actual): January 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 27, 2025
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 6, 2025
• First Posted (Actual): May 14, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 14, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 6, 2025
• Last Verified: April 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: EGE-DHF-MZ-004

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No