Effect of an Iranian mouthwash on postoperative complications of impacted mandibular third molars

Impacted third molar surgery can be associated with a number of complications. Different medications and mouthwashes are used to reduce the incidence of such complications. In this study the effect of a herbal drug, Nabiddaru®, on reducing some complications of impacted mandibular third molar surgery was evaluated. In this clinical trial, 30 adult patients were randomly selected. Impacted mandibular third molar was extracted by surgery on one side and the effect of Nabiddaru® on decreasing the incidence of postoperative complications was investigated. The impacted third molar on the contralateral side was extracted in the same way after a month; however, no medications were used to relieve postoperative complications. Data was analyzed by SPSS using chi-squared test, paired t-test and Fisher’s test. The pain reported by patients at 6-, 12-, 24- and 48-hour postoperative intervals in the Nabiddaru® group was significantly lower than that in the control group (p value = 0.007), (p value = 0.006), (p value = 0.05) and (p value = 0.05), respectively. Bleeding at 2-day postoperative interval in patients treated with Nabiddaru® was lower than that in the control group (p value = 0.05). Trismus at 24-hour postoperative interval in the Nabiddaru® group was significantly lower than that in the control group (p value = 0.04). Considering the results of the present study Nabiddaru® is effective in reducing pain, bleeding and trismus after impacted third molar surgery.