• British dental journal · Jun 1994

    The efficacy of management of acute dental pain.

    • R W Matthews, J D Peak, and C Scully.
    • Centre for the Study of Oral Disease, University Division of Oral Medicine, Pathology and Microbiology, Bristol Dental School and Hospital.
    • Br Dent J. 1994 Jun 11; 176 (11): 413-6.

    AbstractThe effectiveness of pain relieving treatments given for acute dental pain has been evaluated after 24 hours in 172 patients who presented to a dental hospital emergency department. Patients were contacted by telephone the day after attendance and graded their pain on a scale from 1 (no pain) to 5 (pain much worse). The mean pain scores for each diagnosis of cause of pain were calculated and related to the treatment given. Some 76% of patients were in pain due to the ravages of dental caries of periodontal disease. Overall, 87% received marked or total pain relief and this appeared to depend upon decompression of inflamed tissue. Oral administration of antimicrobial drugs alone produced little or no pain relief within 24 hours and anti-inflammatory analgesics offer poor pain control in these circumstances.

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