Arnica montana as analgesic and anti-inflammatory in dental exodonces, UNIANDES Dental Care Unit

Abstract

Introduction: Alternative medicine is widely used today, thanks to its natural origin, absence of adverse effects and economic accessibility. The objective of this research was to compare the efficacy of the use of Arnica montana in the pre, trans and postoperative period in the Surgery Clinic of the UAO Dental Care Unit. Methodology: For this, an experimental investigations was carried out in the surgery clinic, in the period October-December 2019, in a sample of 40 patients, distributed in two groups: study, treated with arnica montana and control, who were prescribed conventional analgesics. Results: In all the patients to whom the homeopathic medicine was applied, the intensity of pain was zero in the applied numerical scale, with respect to inflammation in the categorical scale, in all the patients the effectiveness of the alternative treatment was evidenced in terms of healing on the visual analog scale, the total number of patients treated with arnica montana four presented almost excellent healing, while the rest complied with the parameters established in the postoperative period. Conclusion: The application of the natural medicine allowed a better evolution of the patients in all the aspects evaluated in relation to those treated in conventional way. Therefore, a proposal was made for the use of arnica montana in surgical procedures at UAO UNIANDES.