Preoperative Melatonin to Decrease Analgesia Usage After Third Molar Surgery
Status:
Active, not recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-02-23
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of the study is to assess if melatonin given for three nights before wisdom tooth
surgery decreases post-operative pain and pain medication consumption. Patients will receive
either melatonin or a placebo for three nights prior to surgery and we will measure
pre-operative anxiety, preoperative sleep quality, post op pain medication consumption, post
op pain scores, and blood values.