The role of oral bromelain on “bad outcome” in mandibular third molar surgery A split-mouth comparative study

Abstract

AIM: to evaluate evidence of therapeutic efficacy of 9.6 g bromelain after mandibular third molar surgery.

MATERIAL OF STUDY: This study is a prospective split-mouth clinical study of 49 patients, 22 male and 27 female, mean age 25.4 years old (range from 18-30 years). Each patient received two interventions in two different dates with 1 month of distance: the first third molar to be removed was chosen with a coin; at the second date of surgery bromelain was administered, one packet (9.6 g) every 12 hours for seven days. The evaluation of postoperative facial swelling was measured through specific measurements at every date on the side of the surgery.

RESULTS: A total of 98 third molars were extracted. No major complications occurred after the surgery. Regarding the comparison between the results of the measurements made after surgery with the use of bromelain a statistically significant difference (p = 0,0078) resulted between the interventions that provided the use of bromelain (10.56 average value) and interventions in which bromelain was not provided (12.59 average value).

CONCLUSIONS: The usefulness of this clinical trial is to provide a bromelain dosage and reduce the bad outcome after mandibular third molar surgery.