Jorge Vera1, Jorge Ochoa2, Monica Romero3, Marino Vazquez-Carcaño4, Cesar Omar Ramos-Gregorio5, Ruben Rosas Aguilar6, Alvaro Cruz7, Philippe Sleiman8, Ana Arias9. 1. University of Tlaxcala, Mexico; Private Practice, Puebla, Mexico. Electronic address: jveraro@yahoo.com.mx. 2. Private Practice, Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. 3. Private Practice, Puebla, Mexico; Department of Endodontics, Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. 4. University of Tlaxcala, Mexico; Private Practice, Tlaxcala, Mexico. 5. Private Practice, Mexico City, Mexico. 6. Department of Endodontics, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores UNAM, León, Guanajuato, Mexico; Private Practice, Leon, Mexico. 7. Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Biomedicas, Postgraduate Endodontics CUCS, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico; Private Practice, Guadalajara, Mexico. 8. Department of Endodontics, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Lebanese University Dental School, Beirut, Lebanon. 9. Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: A prospective, multicentered, randomized clinical trial was designed to assess if controlled irrigation with cold saline could result in less incidence and intensity of postoperative pain in patients presenting with pulp necrosis and symptomatic apical periodontitis. METHODS: A total of 210 patients (presenting with necrotic uniradicular teeth with a diagnosis of symptomatic apical periodontitis and a preoperative visual analog scale (VAS) score higher than 7) were randomly allocated in the control or experimental group after the completion of shaping and cleaning procedures. The experimental group received a final irrigation with 20 mL sterile cold (2.5°C) saline solution delivered to the working length with a sterile, cold (2.5°C) Endovac microcannula (Kerr Endo, Orange Country, CA) for 5 minutes. The same protocol was used in the control group with room temperature saline solution. Patients were instructed to record the presence, duration and level of postoperative pain, and analgesic medication intake. A logistic regression was used to compare the incidence of postoperative pain and the need for painkillers between groups. Differences in general pain intensity between groups were analyzed using the ordinal (linear) chi-square test. Postoperative pain after 6, 24, and 72 hours (recorded in a VAS scale) and the need for analgesic medication intake between the 2 groups were assessed using the Mann-Whitney U test. RESULTS: Patients in the control group presented a significantly higher incidence of postoperative pain, intensity, and need for medication intake (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS:Cryotherapy reduced the incidence of postoperative pain and the need for medication intake in patients presenting with a diagnosis of necrotic pulp and symptomatic apical periodontitis.
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INTRODUCTION: A prospective, multicentered, randomized clinical trial was designed to assess if controlled irrigation with cold saline could result in less incidence and intensity of postoperative pain in patients presenting with pulp necrosis and symptomatic apical periodontitis. METHODS: A total of 210 patients (presenting with necrotic uniradicular teeth with a diagnosis of symptomatic apical periodontitis and a preoperative visual analog scale (VAS) score higher than 7) were randomly allocated in the control or experimental group after the completion of shaping and cleaning procedures. The experimental group received a final irrigation with 20 mL sterile cold (2.5°C) saline solution delivered to the working length with a sterile, cold (2.5°C) Endovac microcannula (Kerr Endo, Orange Country, CA) for 5 minutes. The same protocol was used in the control group with room temperature saline solution. Patients were instructed to record the presence, duration and level of postoperative pain, and analgesic medication intake. A logistic regression was used to compare the incidence of postoperative pain and the need for painkillers between groups. Differences in general pain intensity between groups were analyzed using the ordinal (linear) chi-square test. Postoperative pain after 6, 24, and 72 hours (recorded in a VAS scale) and the need for analgesic medication intake between the 2 groups were assessed using the Mann-Whitney U test. RESULTS:Patients in the control group presented a significantly higher incidence of postoperative pain, intensity, and need for medication intake (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS: Cryotherapy reduced the incidence of postoperative pain and the need for medication intake in patients presenting with a diagnosis of necrotic pulp and symptomatic apical periodontitis.
Authors: Abdullah Ahmed Alharthi; Mohammed Hussian Aljoudi; Mulham Naif Almaliki; Majed Abdullah Almalki; Mohammed Abdulwahhab Sunbul Journal: Saudi Dent J Date: 2019-03-14
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