Lidocaine Patch and Lower Third Molar

December 28, 2025 updated by: Shaimaa Mohsen, Fayoum University

The Efficacy of a Transmucosal Lidocaine Patch on Postoperative Pain Following Mandibular Third Molar Extraction

  • Completed medical and dental history will take for all patients and the position of the impacted teeth will evaluate by panoramic films. Patients will fully inform about the treatment procedures, follow-up examinations and complications of surgical procedures.
  • Full thickness mucoperiosteal flap will be raised to expose sufficient bone on lateral and distal aspect of the impacted molar. Removal of bone will be done with stainless steel bur under Constant irrigation with normal saline while removing bone to prevent thermal necrosis.
  • When necessary, sectioning of crown and roots will be performed with a fissure bur. After tooth extraction, the alveolus will be inspected, curetted, and irrigated with 0.9% sterile saline solution.
  • Surgical removal of impacted mandibular third molar will be done,1% metformin gel or placebo gel in the socket following removal of the impacted third molar .
  • The mucoperiosteal flap will be repositioned and sutured with 3-0 black silk suture.
  • Control side : use transmucosal placebo patch
  • Study side: use transmucosal lidocaine patch Postoperative care
  • Postoperatively, the patients were instructed to apply ice bags 20 min/hour for the next 6 hours to the surgical side, eat soft cold diet by the aid of a straw and to avoid hot diet and fluid on the day of surgery.
  • Sutures were removed after 7 days postoperatively.
  • All the patients will be evaluated on the 1st, 3rd, and 7th postoperative days for pain, preoperative and postoperative mouth opening, and degree of postoperative swelling.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

21

Phase

  • Phase 3

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • • Age ≥18ys

    • no systemic disease
    • impacted mandibular third molar class II position B on Pell- Gregory classification

Exclusion Criteria:

  • • history of metabolic or systemic diseases affecting bone or healing process,

    • local infection,
    • tobacco use,
    • oral contraceptive,
    • pregnancy and lactation
    • patients who had taken analgesics or anti-inflammatories for 1 week prior to enrollment in the study.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: Quadruple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: lidocaine patch
transmucosal lidocaine patch after third molar tooth removal
Placebo Comparator: placeboo patch
transmucosal placebo patch after third molar tooth removal

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Pain intensity
Time Frame: 7 days postoperative
Pain was assessed using a visual analogue scale (VAS) of 10 units in combination with a graphic rating scale. On the VAS, the left most end represented the absence of pain (score 0) and the right most end indicated the most severe pain (score 10).
7 days postoperative

Collaborators and Investigators

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

January 1, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

April 1, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

April 30, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 28, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 28, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

January 9, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 9, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 28, 2025

Last Verified

December 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 37

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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