Effect of virtual reality and music therapy on anxiety and perioperative pain in surgical extraction of impacted third molars.

Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of virtual reality (VR) and music therapy on anxiety and perioperative pain in patients undergoing extraction of impacted third molars.

Methods: A total of 275 patients who had to undergo surgery for third-molar extraction participated in a randomized controlled trial and were divided into 3 parallel groups: music therapy intervention (n = 91), VR intervention (n = 93), and control (n = 91). The Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the visual analog scale of pain intensity were used as measurements in this study.

Comparative Study between the Combination of Dexamethasone and Bupivacaine for Third Molar Surgery Postoperative Pain: A Triple-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial.

To compare the possible benefits of the combination of dexamethasone-bupivacaine with articaine-epinephrine as an anaesthetic block after third molar surgery. Triple-blind, randomized, controlled, parallel, phase 3 clinical trial. Two groups: experimental (93 patients) with standard anaesthetic block: 40/0.

A comparative study between traditional fixation with miniplates and modified lag screws for the treatment of mandibular fractures.

Objectives: The objective of this study is to investigate two internal fixation surgical techniques for mandibular fractures in order to compare modified lag screw techniques with standard miniplates.

Materials And Methods: This is an observational prospective study. Three hundred eighteen patients were operated on for mandibular fractures.

Reconstruction of mandibular vertical defects for dental implants with autogenous bone block grafts using a tunnel approach: clinical study of 50 cases.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of mandibular vertical defect reconstruction with autologous bone and the use of a sub-periosteal tunnel approach in preparation for dental implant insertion. Forty-three consecutive patients with an atrophic posterior mandible were reconstructed using this method. Two thin laminae of cortical bone, obtained by splitting blocks harvested from the retromolar area, were fixed in a box-like framework containing cancellous and particulate bone.