Ibuprofen reduces pain in children undergoing primary tooth extraction, Study says
The management of pain resulting from anesthesia injection, tooth extraction and in the period after extraction is of great importance in pediatric dentistry.
According to a recent research, it has been observed that preemptive usage of ibuprofen reduces injection pain and relieves both extraction and postoperative pain in children undergoing primary tooth extraction, as published in the Clinical and Experimental Dental Research Journal.
The management of pain resulting from anesthesia injection, tooth extraction and in the period after extraction is of great importance in pediatric dentistry.
Hence, Nabih Raslan and Toufic Zouzou from the Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria carried the present study with the aim to compare the efficacy of the preemptive administration of ibuprofen or acetaminophen with placebo in reducing the pain during injection, extraction and postoperatively in children undergoing primary tooth extraction.
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