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Study aim
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Determine the effect of lavender on orthodontic pain
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Design
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Clinical trial with control group, Block randomization
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Settings and conduct
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People referring to the orthodontic department of Shiraz Dental School are selected and if they sign the consent form, they can enter the study.
The study is: before placing the separator , they inhale the herb given to them. Before and after placing the separator, they record the amount of pain in the VAS questionnaire. Then, at home, they report re-inhalation and pain at the mentioned times.
Then a study is performed on the amount of pain reported between control and placebo group.
Participants, main researcher, effect Assessor, analyzer are all blind.
The secretary assigns a label to each of the herbs: A and B. These substances are in the black bottle and only the secretary knows which label belongs to which herb.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria:
1. Need separator placement to begin fixed orthodontic treatment in the maxillary and mandiblular arch
2. Aged between 14 and 19
3. Patients who are informed and sign the written informed consent
4. Who does not use antibiotics, analgesics, anti-inflammatory, anti-coagulatant, diuretics, oral anti diabetics, lithium, cyclosporine, and methotrexate
5. Who has no need for antibiotic prophylaxis
6. Who has no chronic systemic disease
Exclusion criteria:
1. A patient who uses analgesics
2. A patient who misses the session
3. Early loss of separators
4. A patient who wants to exit the survey
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Intervention groups
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Intervention group: The participants have to instill five drops of their respective medication on a gauze and hold it about 20 cm from their nose for 5-10 minutes and breathe normally just before separator insertion, 4, 8, 12, 24, 36 and 48 hours afterward.
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Main outcome variables
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The amount of pain according to visual analogue scale