Abstract
AIM: The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of Resopac® in improving patient postoperative comfort and its effect on wound healing after extraction of impacted teeth. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A split mouth randomized controlled trial was conducted on 50 patients who required bilateral surgical removal of mandibular third molars. After completion of surgery, Resopac® was placed as intraoral dressing material on surgically sutured site (study site) and plain gauze pack on contralateral surgically sutured site (control site). Pain and wound healing were measured using VAS score and Landry's scale respectively on 1st, 2nd and 7th day postoperatively. Data were analysed, descriptive statistics, using paired t-test for intragroup and independent t-test for inter group analysis were done. RESULTS: There was statistically highly significant reduction in the post-surgical pain VAS scores from day 1 to day 7 in both study and control sites. The study site (with Resopac®) demonstrated significant reduction in post-operative pain when compared to control site (with Gauge pack) which was statistically highly significant (P < 000.1). On intragroup analysis, there was improvement in postoperative wound healing from day 1 to day 7 in both study and control sites which was statistically highly significant (P < 0.001). On intergroup analysis there was statistically highly significant difference noted between both the sites, with study site (with Resopac®) demonstrating excellent wound healing than control site when compared at 1st,2nd and 7th postoperative days (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Resopac® serve to be an effective role as an intraoral dressing after surgical removal of impacted teeth which improves patient comfort postoperatively by protecting the surgical wound, reducing the post-operative pain and enabling excellent wound healing.