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Table 2.

Characteristics of studies included: rotary instruments versus piezosurgery for third molar surgery

References	Country	Study design	Mean age (years)		Total no. of patients	Follow-up (days)	Pain		Swelling		Trismus		Time of surgery
References	Country	Study design	PS	RS	Total no. of patients	Follow-up (days)	RS	PS	RS	PS	RS	PS	RS	PS
Sortino et al. [29]	Italy	RCT	23.2	24.3	100	90	ND	ND	D1 7.04±3.45	D1 4.22±3.21	D1 16.76±9.11	D1 12.52±7.99	17.0±7.64	22.92±8.88
Barone et al. [15]	Italy	RCT	31.2	31.2	26	7	D1 5.3±1.5 D3 4.1±1.0 D5 3.5±1.0 D7 1.7±1.1	D1 5.1±1.4 D3 3.8±1.8 D5 3.8±1.1 D7 1.6±0.77	ND	ND	D1 20.5±3.3 D3 19.3±3.9 D5 34.0±4.1 D7 35.6±4.5	D1 24.8±4.5 D3 23.3±5.3 D5 36.2±3.7 D7 38.5±3.7	30.5±4.4	34.3±7.4
Sivolella et al. [25]	Italy	RCT	15.4	15.4	26	30	ND	ND	ND	ND	D7 39.4±7.7	D7 38.9±9.9	11.7±6.24	15.77±6.56
Goyal et al. [23]	India	RCT	29	29	40	15	D1 6.45±1.19 D3 5.70±1.56 D5 4.45±1.47 D7 2.50±1.67	D1 0.55±1.43 D3 2.25±1.52 D5 0.95±1.28 D7 0.20±0.41	D1 12.30±0.89 D3 12.36±0.96 D5 12.14±0.88 D7 11.72±0.46	D1 11.51±0.55 D3 11.44±0.49 D5 11.35±0.51 D7 11.27±0.45	D1 26.7± 10.7 D3 25.4±9.3 D5 28.9±8.0 D7 34.0±8.2	D1 38.2±7.9 D3 3.91± 9.9 D5 42.6±8.1 D7 44.8±8.1	35(11)	45(16)
Itro et al. [30]	Italy	RCT	ND	ND	70	7	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Bartuli et al. [26]	Italy	RCT	ND	ND	192	90	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Rullo et al. [24]	Italy	RCT	26.2	26.2	52	6	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	20.67±4.46	28.73±5.46
Chang et al. [27]	Taiwan	RCT	ND	ND	20	6	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Mantovani et al. [14]	Italy	RCT	24.02	24.02	100	28	D3 6.09±2.08 D5 3.14±2.11 D7 1.27±1.87	D3 5.97±2.14 D5 2.81±2.13 D7 0.82±1.69	D7 1.10±0.04	D7 1.02±0.02	ND	ND	18.74±5.69	20.16±7.11
Piersanti et al. [28]	Italy	RCT	22.4	22.4	10	7	ND	ND	D7 3.1±0.39	D7 2.75±0.23	ND	ND	30.8±6.1	36.8±10.6

ND not declared, RCT randomized controlled trial, D1 day 1, D2 day 2, D3 day 3, D4 day 4, PS Piezosurgery, RS Rotary instrument