The impact of preoperative salivary urea and superoxide dismutase activities on postoperative pain after surgical removal of mandibular third molars
| Autor: | Nino Grgić, Marko Tarle, Ante Perić, Slavica Potočki, Daria Pašalić, Berislav Perić |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Acta Clinica Croatica, Vol 63., Iss 1, Pp 134-141 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0353-9466 1333-9451 |
| DOI: | 10.20471/acc.2024.63.01.16 |
| Popis: | The most frequent surgical procedure in oral surgery is extraction of mandibular third molars, which could be associated with postoperative complications such as pain, swelling, and trismus. We aimed to investigate the association of salivary urea and antioxidative enzyme activities with the intensity of postoperative pain after wisdom tooth extraction. This cross-sectional prospective study included 66 subjects (median age 25, range 17-47 years). Salivary urea and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were determined by enzymatic colorimetric tests. The questionnaire for study participants included demographic and history data, as well as data on personal experience of pain in grade 0-10 according to the visual analog scale (VAS). Grading 1-3 was considered as low (VAS-1), 4-6 mild (VAS-2) and 7-10 as severe pain (VAS-3). Moderate positive correlation was recorded between urea concentration and SOD activity in saliva (r=0.46). Moderate negative correlations were found between urea salivary concentration and VAS grading value reported after 12 hours (r=0.51). The concentrations of urea significantly differed among the three VAS categories (p |
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