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The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of local cold therapy in the reduction of pain, swelling and trism after the third molar dental surgery. Tools and Methods: Patients who had to be chirurgically removed from the underlying third large minor tooth and meet the working criteria were randomly divided into two groups. Patients in the cold therapy group were told to use ice packages on the skin on the surgery area periodically after the third big little teeth were taken. This first application was followed by the surgeon and repeated for 1 day after the operation. Cold therapy is not applied to patients in the control group. Pre- and postoperative pain, swelling and trism were assessed and the results were compared between the groups. Pain 4, 8, 12 hours, 1, 2, 5 and 7. Measured in days. The amount of swelling and trism in the postoperative 2 and 7 days was assessed in patients who did not receive cold treatment and were subjected to cryotherapy. Results: Except on the 2nd day when the cold therapy group had a lower pain score than the controls (p<0.05) the pain, swelling and trism intensity between the patients receiving cold therapy and the controls did not differ significantly (p>0.05). The only difference found was the pain in the 2nd day, and the conclusion was that cold therapy after the drawing of the buried third molar tooth had no beneficial effect on postoperative complications.

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