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. 2014 Dec;10(4):243-7.

Factors associated with postoperative pain in endodontic therapy

Durre Sadaf  1 , Muhammad Zubair Ahmad  1
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Factors associated with postoperative pain in endodontic therapy

Durre Sadaf et al. Int J Biomed Sci. 2014 Dec.

Abstract

Objective: To assess postoperative pain in endodontic therapy and its association with clinical factors such as gender, age, tooth type, pulpal diagnosis, and preoperative pain, length of obturation and sealer extrusion.

Study design: Cross-Sectional study.

Place and duration of study: Dental section of the Aga khan university hospital, Karachi, Pakistan from January to December 2009.

Methodology: One hundred and forty patients (140) requiring endodontic therapy for molar and premolar teeth were included in this study. Local Anesthesia (2% Lidocain with 1:80,000 Epinephrine) was administered. The tooth was isolated with rubber dam. Access cavity was prepared with the help of round carbide No. 2 bur. Canal preparation was completed using crown-down technique. Access was sealed with sterile dry cotton pallet and restored temporarily with double layer of Glass ionomer cement and Cavit. After one week patients were recalled and access was re-opened, obturation was done using cold lateral condensation technique. Ca(OH)(2) based sealer was used. Postoperative radiographs were taken. Patients were recalled after 24 hours and postobturation pain was recorded using Visual analogue scale (VAS).Data was obtained on a structured Performa. χ(2) test was used for statistical analysis.

Results: Pain was present in 42.9% of patients. Females more frequently experienced pain (65%) than males (35%). Preoperative pain was found to be significantly associated with postoperative pain (p value < 0.001). Obturation length was not found to be significantly associated with postoperative pain (p value 1.0). Sealer extrusion was not found to be significantly associated with postoperative (P value 0.547).

Keywords: Cold lateral condensation Technique; Postoperative pain; Root canal obturation; Root canal treatment.

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Scales for pain measurement.
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Frequency of postoperative pain.
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