[In vivo study of the analgesic action of different methods and drugs in endodontics].
In order to treat the acute pulpal pain of the emergency patient, there are different methods and medicaments in the clinical practice. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of variant treatment methods and medicaments used clinically to manage acute pulpal pain. The material of this method consisted of 100 patients who came in the clinic of endodontics of Athens university, with symptoms of acute pulpitis. The patients were divided in three groups. In the first group the carious dentin was excavated without exposuring the pulp and a cotton pellet with eugenol or comphorted p-chlorophenol was placed in the cavity. In the second group the carious dentin was also removed, a small pulp lesion was made and the same medicaments were placed in the cavity. In the third group pulpotomy was performed and the same drugs were placed in the cavity. The results indicated that the method of pulpotomy was the most effective one for pain alleviation. Furthermore eugenol was proved to be more effective as a sedative drug than comphorted p-monochlorophenol.
Khabbaz
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Kerani
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Sykaras
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D002733:Chlorophenols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005054:Eugenol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D011671:Pulpitis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011672:Pulpotomy; D014098:Toothache / Q000188:drug therapy
D002733:Chlorophenols; D005054:Eugenol
In vivo melete tes analgetikes draseos diaphoron methodon kai pharmakon sten endodontia.