Oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology
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Oral Surg. Oral Med. Oral Pathol. · Nov 1990
Comparative Study Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical TrialA study of the comparative efficacy of four common analgesics in the control of postsurgical dental pain.
Four common oral analgesics were tested in a single-blind trial to determine their relative efficacy in the management of postsurgical pain in 103 patients who had their impacted third molars surgically removed under general anesthesia. The analgesics tested were acetylsalicylic acid (26 patients), ibuprofen (26 patients), a paracetamol/codeine/caffeine combination (Solpadeine) (25 patients), and dihydrocodeine (26 patients). ⋯ Dihydrocodeine was found to be a poor analgesic in this pain model. There were no adverse reactions to any of the preparations.