Open AccessImpacted lower third molars: Can preoperative salivary pH influence postoperative pain?
Author(s) -
Seyyed Mehdi Jafari,
Mohammad Hosein Kalantar Motamedi,
Mehrdad Jafari,
Shervin Tabeshfar,
Mohammad Jafari,
Mohammad Mehdi Naghizadeh
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.79213
Subject(s) - medicine , saliva , molar , ph meter , dentistry , postoperative pain , anesthesia , chemistry
The literature focuses little attention on factors that influence third molar post extraction pain (PEP). One factor that may play a role in PEP is saliva. We undertook a study in patients subjected to third molar extraction with the aim of assessing the influence of salivary pH on PEP.