Curtis, J.W. McLain, J. B., Hutchison, R. A., The Incidence and Severity of Complications and Pain following Periodontal Surgery. J Periodontol 1985; 57:597.

Followed 304 cases of periodontal surgery including flap procedures with osseous surgery, mucogingival procedures, distal wedges and gingivectomies. Used patients verbal rating of pain as well as number and type of analgesics used. Mucogingival surgery resulted in more pain than osseous surgery. Approximately half of the patients reported minimal or no postoperative pain, 4.6% reported severe pain, 31.9% of patients took no postoperative analgesics, 48% took 1 to 4 doses of analgesics, 20% took five or more doses.

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