Pre-emptive analgesia efficacy of piroxicam versus tramadol in oral surgery.

Background: This double-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted to evaluate the pre-emptive analgesia and anti-inflammatory efficacy of piroxicam compared with tramadol in patients undergoing oral surgery.

Methods: Seventy-eight patients who required extraction of impacted mandibular third molars were randomized into three treatment groups of 26 patients each: group I received 100 mg of tramadol, group II received 20 mg of piroxicam, and group III received a placebo. Drugs were administered intramuscularly 30 min prior to the extraction procedure.

Establishment of Cephalometric Norms for the South Indian (Karnataka) Population Based on Burstone's Analysis.

Unlabelled: PRIMARY AIM: Variability is characteristic of different faces and facial types, and normative data based on one population group does not represent all. Hence, this study was undertaken to establish skeletal cephalometric norms for the South Indian (Karnataka) population utilizing the norms laid by Burstones's analysis for Caucasians.

Methods: The sample comprised of lateral cephalograms taken in natural head position of 100 participants (50 men, 50 women).