Effect of Pretreatment Prednisolone on Postendodontic Pain: A Double-blind Parallel-randomized Clinical Trial

Evaluation of Postoperative Pain After Working Length Determination Using Electronic Apex Locator Versus Digital Radiography in Multirooted Teeth. A Randomized Controlled Trial.

“…Patients included in this study had no history of taking analgesics or other drugs in the 12 hours before the procedure, because pretreatment with analgesics and oral steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs was shown to affect post endodontic pain (19,20,21) . Baseline characteristics (age, gender and tooth type) were balanced between the two groups in this study as a result of randomization and allocation of participants that ensures similar distribution among both groups and exclude or control confounding variables (22,23) .…”

Prevalence of Pain after Endodontic Treatment

“…However, oral administration of dexamethasone prior to endodontic treatment showed positive results in reducing postoperative pain [17], as well as other drugs such as corticosteroids and analgesic and antiinflammatory drugs [18,25].…”

Effect of Bupivacaine on Postoperative Pain for Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block Anesthesia after Single-visit Root Canal Treatment in Teeth with Irreversible Pulpitis

“…Therefore, in the present study, the VAS was used to assess pain experienced by the patients. Several investigations have used 4 categories of pain ratings on the VAS after root canal treatment (14,25). In the present study, criteria for different levels of pain rate were described for the patients to assist them when completing the VAS forms.…”

“…Patients were instructed to complete a VAS pain score to rate their pain at 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, and 72 hours after root canal treatment (14,25). The following criteria were outlined for the patients to rate their pain: 0, no pain; 1-3, mild pain; 4-6, moderate pain; 7-9, severe pain.…”

“…Numerous articles have been published regarding the prevalence of postendodontic pain as well as the effect of various medications, irrigants, root canal preparation techniques, and the number of treatment visits (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16).…”