Evaluation of clinical outcomes of cold saline, hydrocortisone and normal saline as an irrigating solution during surgical removal of impacted mandibular third molars -a randomized control trial

Abstract

Introduction: Mandibular third molars are the most commonly impacted teeth and their surgical removal is one of the most common surgical procedures performed by the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. Most of the available literature supports the use of Cold saline to reduce the post-operative sequelae of orthopaedic surgeries & implant surgery , namely pain, swelling, but there is not much evidence found in literature to determine if it is effective when used topically as an intraoperative irrigating solution during surgical removal of lower third molar. The present study is deliberated to assess the effect of irrigation with three different Irrigants, namely Cold saline(2-8o), Hydrocortisone and Normal Saline in post operative outcomes and complications like pain, swelling and trismus after surgical extraction of mandibular third molars