title: Incidence and factors associated with flare-ups in a post graduate programme in the indian population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study had twin objectives: to assess the incidence of flare-ups (a severe problem requiring an unscheduled visit and treatment) among patients who received endodontic treatment in the Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics in Vyas Dental college and hospital, Jodhpur during a period of one year, and also to examine the correlation with pre-operative and operative variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data was collected from 1023 teeth from 916 patients who had received endodontic treatment over a 12- month period. Information was obtained for each patient treated, including pulp and peri-radicular diagnosis for the tooth, presence of pre-operatory pain, type of medication being used, type of instrumentation technique used and number of appointments needed to complete the root canal treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed an incidence of 2.35% for flare-ups from 1023 endodontically treated teeth. Statistical analysis was done using the chi-square test.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Flare-ups were found to be affected significantly by gender of patient, presence of radiolucent lesions, patients taking pre-operative analgesic or anti-inflammatory drugs and on type of instrumentation technique. In contrast, there was no correlation between flare-ups and age, different arch/tooth groups and single or multiple visit endodontics. Key words:Anti-inflammatory, flare-ups, instrumentation, prospective.
authors: Post Graduate Student. Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Vyas Dental College and Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
authors: Jaya
authors: J
authors: Pamboo
authors: Reader. Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Vyas Dental College and Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
authors: Manoj-Kumar
authors: MK
authors: Hans
authors: Professor. Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Vyas Dental College and Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
authors: Bangalore-Niranjan
authors: BN
authors: Kumaraswamy
authors: Assistant Professor. Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Vyas Dental College and Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
authors: Subhash
authors: S
authors: Chander
authors: Professor and Head. Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Vyas Dental College and Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
authors: Sajeev
authors: S
authors: Bhaskaran