title: Postoperative pain after mandibular third-molar surgery.
abstract: The pain experienced after 116 operative removals of mandibular third molars was studied in a homogeneous group of patients consisting of 85 healthy university students. Pain was recorded daily on a visual analogue scale during the postoperative week. It was shown that preoperative inflammation and the difficulty and duration of the operation increased the intensity of pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oikarinen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000601:surgery*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010497:Pericoronitis / Q000503:physiopathology; D011318:Prilocaine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D011318:Prilocaine; D008012:Lidocaine