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Alveolar iodine tampon packing after impacted third molar surgery improves oral health-related quality of life935Table 6: Percentage of patients who answered ‘yes’ on the self-care and discomfort questions Question (yes) Intervention Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7Did you use the prescribed medication? Monoject 100 93 91 84 65 49 40Tampon 98 89 86 57 48 34 25Did you cool with an ice package? Monoject 100 51 23 14 14 2 0Tampon 100 45 25 14 9 5 5Did you use additional medication other than that prescribed?Monoject 26 16 19 14 19 14 7Tampon 18 14 16 18 11 9 9Did you follow the same routine as always? Monoject 0 2 5 12 26 47 60Tampon 2 11 20 32 50 64 73Did you experience limited mouth opening? Monoject 100 98 93 79 70 42 37Tampon 98 93 86 73 57 39 23Did you experience reduced chewing ability? Monoject 93 91 91 81 72 42 30Tampon 91 80 70 73 57 45 30Did you experience a swollen cheek? Monoject 93 95 95 86 63 37 26Tampon 82 93 93 77 43 23 11Did you experience pain as a result of surgery? Monoject 98 93 88 79 65 63 47Tampon 86 84 80 64 59 45 25Did you experience any discomfort?Monoject 0 0 0 0 0 12 30Tampon 0 0 0 2 16 25 45Postoperative complicationsThere were no cases of postoperative infection or AO. Temporary hypoesthesia occurred in two cases (0.5%) in the control group after surgical removal of the third molar. Full recovery of sensibility was observed in both patients after the 6 months.