Nonpharmacological Complementary Interventions for the Management of Pain after Third Molar Surgery: An Umbrella Review of Current Meta-Analyses

Table 2

Treatment effects of different complementary interventions.

Authors	Complementary intervention	Outcome	Method of measurement	TE	Lower limit	Upper limit	Intervention (no.)	Control (no.)	Overall SMD	Overall SE
Nascimento-Júnior et al.	CT	Early pain 48 h	MD	−0.72	−1.45	0.01	64	60	−0.470	0.136
		Early pain 72 h		−0.36	−0.59	−0.13	52	48
Liu et al.	SD	Early pain	SMD	−0.55	−1.00	−0.10	135	134	−0.55	0.229
Canellas et al.	PRF	Early pain 48 h	SMD	−0.42	−1.04	0.21	75	75	−0.512	0.214
		Early pain 72 h		−0.59	−1.16	−0.02	141	141
Ramos et al.	L−PRF	Early pain 72 h	MD	−1.07	−1.53	−0.60	67	67	−0.786	0.179
Vitenson et al.	A-PRF	Early pain 48 h	MD	−1.68	−1.889	−1.465	27	27	−3.86	0.279
		Early pain 72 h		−1.21	−1.342	−1.071	47	47
Maria de Souza et al.	HAA	Early pain 72 h	MD	−0.68	−1.20	−0.17	104	108	−0.358	0.138
Chaudhry et al.	OT	Early pain 72 h	MD	−2.93	−3.77	−2.08	133	133	−0.837	0.128
Firoozi et al.	KT	Early pain 48 h	MD	−1.99	−2.68	−1.29	120	120	−0.560	0.082
		Early pain 72 h		−1.45	−2.10	−0.81	188	188
Dawdy et al.	LLLT	Early pain	MD	−1.42	−2.18	−0.67	280	260	−0.318	0.087
De Barros et al.	LLLT	Early pain 48 h	MD	−0.59	−0.92	−0.27	240	245	−0.324	0.091
Nascimento−Júnior et al.	CT	Late pain	MD	−0.46	−1.28	0.37	82	78	−0.174	0.158
Liu et al.	SD	Late pain	SMD	−0.13	−0.38	0.12	168	167	−0.13	0.127
Canellas et al.	PRF	Late pain	SMD	−1.03	−1.58	−0.49	30	30	−1.03	0.272
Ramos et al.	L−PRF	Late pain	SMD	−1.02	−2.34	0.30	67	67	−1.02	0.667
Vitenson et al.	A−PRF	Late pain	MD	−1.89	−2.92	−0.86	57	57	−0.68	0.193
Maria de Souza et al.	HAA	Late pain	MD	−0.36	−0.64	−0.09	124	128	−0.325	0.127
Chaudhry et al.	OT	Late pain	MD	−1.22	−1.67	−0.78	113	113	−0.719	0.137
Firoozi et al.	KT	Late pain	MD	−1.25	−2.59	0.08	158	158	−0.207	0.113
Dawdy et al.	LLLT	Late pain	MD	−0.59	−0.96	−0.22	280	260	−0.27	0.087
De Barros et al.	LLLT	Late pain	MD	−0.76	−1.21	−0.32	252	255	−0.298	0.089

MD: mean difference; SMD: standardized mean difference; TE: treatment effect; SE: standard error.