This randomized controlled trial aims to compare electrocautery and scalpel blade incisions during surgical extraction of impacted mandibular third molars. The study will evaluate postoperative pain, intraoperative blood loss, and wound healing in patients undergoing third molar surgery. A total of 78 participants will be randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio to receive either a scalpel blade incision or an electrocautery incision under standardized surgical conditions.
Male and female patients.
Age 15 to 65 years.
Patients requiring surgical extraction of an impacted mandibular third molar. Patients classified as ASA I or ASA II.
Patients willing to provide written informed consent, or assent with parent/guardian permission where applicable, and attend scheduled follow-up visits
* Patients with uncontrolled systemic disease or immuno-compromised status.
Patients with bleeding disorders or those taking anticoagulant/antiplatelet drugs that cannot be safely withheld according to physician advice.
Patients with pacemaker or implanted electrical cardiac device.
Pregnant or lactating patients.