Results
POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
A total of 33 patients were recruited; 7 were excluded from the sample for not meeting the research selection criteria. Of the 26 patients considered eligible for the research, one was excluded from the sample because of postoperative complications, with the need to change the stipulated standard medication, and four were excluded from the sample due to appointment conflicts. The sample unit adopted in this study was the dental unit, with 2 teeth per patient (two surgical sites). The sample size was based on a trial conducted by Costa et al. 2015 Thus, at the end of the research and final analysis, 22 patients (44 surgical sites) remained with the relevant characteristics shown in 
