Evaluation of Intracanal Medicaments for the Management of Post Treatment Endodontic Pain-An In-Vivo Study Arora Lovely1,*, Bal C.S2, Arora Ramesh3, Arora Hobinder4 1Reader, Deptt. Of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, LuxmiBai Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Patiala, Punjab, India 2Ex Principal, Professor and Head, Deptt. Of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Sri Amritsar, Punjab, India 3 Ex-Reader, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Sri Amritsar, Punjab, India 4Senior Resident, Department of Community Medicine, GGSMC, Faridkot, Punjab, India *Corresponding Author: Dr Lovely Arora, Reader, Deptt. Of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, LuxmiBai institute of dental sciences and hospital, Patiala, Punjab, India, Email: Sharma_adr@yahoo.com
Online published on 22 August, 2019. Abstract In a popular imagination, performance of root canal treatment is frequently associated with pain. Endodontic pain may occur before, during, or after endodontic treatment. Post-treatment pain includes pain that occurs between appointments, known as inter-appointment pain. Various systemic and intracanal medicaments have been suggested to control the post treatment pain. The present study aimed at evaluation of post treatment pain in non vital teeth that were medicated with different intra-canal dressings. One hundred sixty (160) teeth in patients requiring endodontic treatment were divided into four groups of forty teeth each as: Group I: Calcium hydroxide (n=40), Group II: Clindamycin (n=40), Group III: Neosporin-H (n=40), Group IV: Control (n=40). After biomechanical preparation, they were medicated with different intracanal dressings. At the conclusion of appointment, each patient was given an evaluation sheet and the Visual analogue pain scale (VAS) was explained to the patient. The patient was requested to record the pain score four hours after the completion of the treatment and then daily for seven days. The data obtained was analyzed statistically. Results: Related Samples Friedman-s analysis for exploring the difference in distribution of pain score across 7 days found a statistically significant difference in all the four groups. Intergroup statistical analysis using Independent Samples Kruskal Wallis test for distribution of difference of pain scores across four groups found a statistically significant difference among the groups in Day 1-Day 7 (p=0.036) and Day 1-Day 6 (p=0.049) measurements respectively. Top Keywords Endodontic pain, Intracanal medicaments, Root canal. Top |