BioElectronics, developers of pain-relieving medical devices, has been awarded a $130,000 grant from the U.S. government that will complete funding for a study on the effectiveness of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy in reducing oral surgery pain.
BioElectronics is combining the Therapeutic Discovery Project Grant with its own funds to conduct the study through the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, the company said.
Neophytos Demetriades, DDS, an assistant professor in the oral and maxillofacial surgery department at Tufts, will direct the project, entitled "Evaluation of Edema and Pain Following Third Molar Extraction with RecoveryRx Treatment."
Each year in the U.S., 10 million third molars are extracted from approximately 5 million people at an annual cost of more than $3 billion, according to BioElectronics. In addition, more than 11 million patient days of "standard discomfort or disability" -- pain, swelling, bruising, and malaise -- result postoperatively from third-molar extractions, the company said.
The BioElectronics/Tufts study, expected to commence immediately, will be a randomized within-subject controlled, double blind, placebo- and positive-controlled clinical trial conducted through the university by Dr. Demetriades and his team.
Upon completion of the study, the data will be used for U.S. FDA submission to gain additional clearances.
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