Objective:
To assess the effect of Symphytum 5CH on the postoperative pain and swelling after placement of a titanium dental implant.
Material and methods:
Data on pain and swelling following pure titanium implants were reviewed. Patients
were treated postoperatively with ketoprofen only or ketoprofen and Symphytum 5CH, according to the treating dentist's usual practice. Demographics and baseline characteristics
were recorded and compared. Pain and swelling were compared between the two treatment
groups using the Wilcoxon rank sum test and ordinal logistic regression, estimating
odds ratios and confidence intervals.
Results:
100 implants in 57 patients (28 males, 29 females) were treated with ketoprofen alone;
100 implants in 60 patients (14 males, 46 females) with ketoprofen and Symphytum. The group treated with ketoprofen and Symphytum appeared to have a better response in terms of both pain and swelling. Ordinal logistic
regression: pain 0.23, 95% CI 0.13–0.41; swelling 0.24, 95% CI 0.13–0.44. Correction
for demographics and implant characteristics greatly widened the confidence intervals
so that the results were no longer statistically significant (pain: OR = 0.15, 95%
CI 0.07–34.56; swelling OR = 0.18, 95% CI 0.07–46.78).
Conclusions:
Adding Symphytum 5CH to conventional analgesia may reduce pain and swelling after minor dental implant
surgery. No firm conclusion can be drawn since the results are confounded by baseline
differences, principally gender. Further, randomized, studies should be conducted.
Keywords
Dental implant - Observational study - Pain - Swelling - Homeopathy -
Symphytum
