Abstract:

Objective: It is aimed to evaluate the efficacy of non-pharmacological pain control methods such as massage application with menthol cream on postoperative pain after third molar surgery. Material and Methods : 100 healthy individuals who were 18-48 years old with impacted third molars were included in this study. Patients were randomly assigned to 2 groups (n: 50) to which routine treatment group and the group of massage application with menthol cream after the operation. Postoperative pain evaluation was carried out by helping patients mark the degree of pain on the 100 mm Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) on the postoperative 2nd, 6th, 8th, 12th, 24th and 48th hours and also on 3rd, 5th and 7th days. Results: No statistically significant difference exists between the mean ages and gender distributions of the cases in the groups (p>0.05). There is a statistically significant difference between the groups with regard to VAS levels (p<0.05). In groups, the statistically significant difference was found between mean values of VAS levels (p:0.001 p<0.01). Conclusion: In this study, non-pharmacological pain control methods such as massage application with menthol cream had a significant impact on the postoperative pain after oral surgical procedures. It is considered that these pain control methods can be used safely as postoperative support treatment. 

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