(Teruplug) wound dressing for tooth extraction site.

judged as “indication side had a higher analgesic effect “, 18 (67 %) were judged as “thesame analgesic effect”, and 1 patient (4 %) as “a lower analgesic effect” (Table 8).At 1 day after tooth extraction, out of all the 26 patients in indication side, 23patients (88 %) were judged as “no pain”, 3 (12 %) were judged as “pain of bearabledegree”, and 0 patients (0 %) as “marked pain”. While out of 27 patients in the controlside, 24 patients (89 %) were judged as “no pain”, 3 (11 %) were judged as “pain ofbearable degree”, and 0 patients (0 %) as “marked pain” (Table 7). Furthermore, acomparison between indication side and control side revealed that all 28 patients (30 %)were judged as “the same analgesic effect” (Table 8). Effect judgment for 1 patient whodid not visit clinic was done through interview for inquiry at 1 week after tooth extraction.At 1 week after tooth extraction, all the 26 patients in indication side and all the25 patients in control side were judged as “no pain” (Table 7). Furthermore, acomparison between indication side and control side revealed that all the 24 patients werejudged as “the same analgesic effect” (Table 8).Table 7 Analgesic effectImmediately after 1 day 1 weekIndicationControl sideIndicationControl sideIndicationControlside (%)(%)side (%)(%)side (%)side (%)A: No pain 13 ( 48) 8 ( 30) 23 ( 88) 24 ( 89) 26 (100) 25 (100)B: Bearable pain 9 ( 33) 11 ( 41) 3 ( 12) 3 ( 11) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0)C: Marked pain 5 ( 19) 8 ( 30) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0)Total 27 (100) 27 (100) 25 (100) i) 27 (100) 26 (100) i) 25 (100) ii)i) One case of drop out is excluded., ii) Two cases of drop out are excluded.Table 8Superiority of Teruplug ® in analgesic effectImmediately after (%) 1 day (%) 1 week (%)Better analgesic effect 8 ( 30) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0)Same analgesic effect 18 ( 67) 26 (100) 24 (100)Poor analgesic effect 1 ( 4) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0)Total 27 (100) 26 (100) i) 24 (100) ii)i) One case of drop out is excluded., ii) Three cases of drop out are excluded.9