The effect of occlusal reduction on the postoperative pain level after one-visit endodontic treatment for acute pulpitis
YOU Yue-hua
LI Mei-zai
Abstract：Objective To discuss the effect of occlusal reduction on the postoperative pain level after one-visit endodon-tic treatment for acute pulpitis. Methods Totally 44 cases of acute pulpitis of mandibular molar were selected and di-vided into the experiment and control groups. The experiment group included 22 cases receiving total occlusal reduction in both centric and lateral occlusion after the root canal therapy. The control group included 22 cases without reduced oc-clusion. The rate of pain response and VAS(Visual Analogue Scale/Score),which was evaluated 7 days,1 time per day,were recorded after operation. A comparison of the pain response and VAS results was done between the two groups. Results There was no statistically significance between the groups regarding the rate of pain response after operation (the experiment group 36.36%,the control group 40.91%,P>0. 05). The VAS of the experiment group was slightly lower than the control group,the difference having statistical significance(P<0.05). Conclusion Occlusal reduction has no effect on the rate of pain response,whereas it might diminish the pain degree following acute pulpitis in one-visit root canal therapy.
Keywords：occlusal reductionroot canal therapypain
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 542-544 )