scholarly journals Evaluation of the effects of cotton roll-biting on debonding pain: a split-mouth study

Author(s):  
Fatih Celebi

Introduction: Debonding pain is an unpleasant sensation that is frequently encountered during debonding procedure. Aim of the study: To investigate the effectiveness of cotton roll-biting on pain caused by the debonding procedure. Materials and methods: 102 patients (61 females, 41 males) who were at the debonding stage in orthodontic treatment were included in the research. The study was planned using a split-mouth design: one side of the jaw was the study, and the other side was the control. The anxiety level of participants was measured before debonding. On the study side, debonding was performed while patients were biting a cotton roll. On the control side, debonding was implemented as a routine debonding procedure. Study and control sides were assigned differently in each successive patient. The debonding pain of each tooth was recorded using the Visual Analog Scale prepared separately for each tooth. Shapiro–Wilk and Mann–Whitney U tests were used for statistical analysis. For both gender groups, patients were sequenced according to the average amount of pain per tooth. Subsequently, statistical analysis was repeated by using 50% of patients suffering more pain. Results: In the lower second premolar tooth, a statistically significant difference was detected. Pain scores were statistically higher in the study side for this tooth. No statistically significant differences were found for all other teeth. Conclusions: Cotton roll-biting has no alleviating effect on debonding pain. When debonding is performed gently using a squeezing action without applying torsional forces, additional pain relief methods are not required.

Revista CERES ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-24
Author(s):  
Dayvid Vianêis Farias de Lucena ◽  
Fernanda Vieira Henrique ◽  
Amara Gyane Alves de Lima ◽  
Almir Pereira de Souza ◽  
Pedro Isidro da Nóbrega Neto

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of the ketoprofen on the preemptive analgesia in female cats submitted to ovariohysterectomy. Sixteen healthy cats were distributed into two groups, with eight animals each, by means of a draw, in a preemptive group (PREG), in which the animal received ketoprofen (1 mg/kg) subcutaneously two hours before the surgery; and postsurgery group (POSG), in which ketoprofen (1 mg/kg) was administered subcutaneously immediately after surgery. In both groups, ketoprofen was given 24, 48 and 72 hours after the first adminstration. Heart and respiratory frequencies and glycemia were measured in all animals during the days first ten postsurgery. Analgesia was measured by assigning scores at zero, two, four, six, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144, 168, 192, 216 and 240 hours after the surgical procedure. Statistical analysis was performed using two-way analysis of variance followed by Tukey's test to compare the moments and Student's t-test for comparison between groups. Pain scores were evaluated using test of U-Mann-Withney or Kruskall-Wallis, all at the 5% level of significance. Pain scores were significantly lower in PREG in M0, M6, M72, M96 and M120. No significant difference was found in the levels of glycemia in comparison to baseline values. Ketoprofen promotes postsurgery analgesia in female cats submitted to ovariohysterectomy and preemptive and postsurgery administration provides an earlier reduction of pain scores when compared to postoperative administration, only.


2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dipshikha Bajracharya ◽  
Anisha Vaidya ◽  
Sunaina Thapa ◽  
Sujita Shrestha

Objective: To determine the number and pattern of palatal rugae in Nepalese subjects and to find the association of gender with the number and pattern of palatal rugae. Materials & Method: 200 Nepalese subjects comprising of 100 male and 100 female were randomly selected and their maxillary casts were examined for the palatal rugae length applying the classification proposed by Thomas and Kotze and palatal rugae pattern was recorded using the classification given by Kapali. Statistical analysis using Student t-test was applied for comparing the number of palatal rugae between right and left sides. Chi square test was used to find the association between gender and number of rugae as well as the pattern. Result: The study demonstrated that the mean number of primary palatal rugae on left side was predominant, similarly wavy pattern was the most predominant in Nepalese subjects. No statistical significant difference was noticed in the palatal rugae number and pattern between the gender groups. Conclusion: The study found predominant palatal form in Nepalese subjects which might have superior effectiveness in population differentiation and may be used as an effective tool in forensic odontology identification.  


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Somaeh. Salehi Sarbijan ◽  
Roghiah Mehdipoor Rabori ◽  
Esmat Nouhi

Abstract Background: A large number of children are subject to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment procedures that mostly require venous blood sampling. Painful procedures such as blood sampling in children have annoying physical and emotional effects and can lead to wider negative consequences such as physical, behavioral, and social disorders in children. This study aimed to determine the effect of distraction by balloon inflating on the amount of pain during taking blood samples from children aged 4 to 7. Method: This study had a randomized controlled clinical trial that was conducted on 80 children admitted to the pediatric department of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Jiroft-Kerman province who met the inclusion criteria after obtaining their parent’s consent. The children were randomly grouped into the intervention (n = 40) and control (n = 40) groups. The pain level in children in the intervention group was measured during the venous blood sampling while the children were watching inflating a balloon. However, the pain in children in the control group was measured without any intervention during blood sampling. Wong–Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale questionnaire was used for pain assessment. Results: The average pain scores for the children in the two groups showed no significant difference before the intervention but the average pain scores after the intervention in the intervention and control groups were 1.38±2.56 and 4.2±1.58; showing a significant difference between the two groups after the intervention (p-value < 0.05). Conclusion: Using balloon inflation distraction during venous blood sampling reduces pain in children.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (D) ◽  
pp. 113-119
Author(s):  
Tarek Farag ◽  
Wael Mohamed Mubarak Refai ◽  
Ahmed Nasef ◽  
Omnia A. Elhiny ◽  
Ahmed Sh. Hashem

AIM: The aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of using micro-osteoperforations (MOPs) or piezocision in accelerating tooth movement, during canine retraction, compared to standard canine retraction. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A split-mouth study design was carried out with two Groups A and B. Each group contained 10 patients; in each patient, one side was used as a control side and the contralateral side received either MOPs (Group A) or piezocision (Group B). The assessment data were collected by direct intraoral measurements, every 2 weeks, over a 3 months retraction period. RESULTS: Independent t-test, paired t-test, and ANOVA were used to analyze the results. In Group A, there was a statistically significant difference between the study and control sides (p < 0.001) with a total of 4.2 ± 0.5 mm canine retraction in the MOPs assisted canine retraction side versus a 2.8 ± 0.2 mm total canine retraction in the control side. For Group B, there was a statistically significant difference between the study and control sides (p < 0.001) with a total of 3.6 ± 0.4 mm canine retraction in the piezocision-assisted canine retraction side versus a 2.8 ± 0.2 mm total canine retraction in the control. CONCLUSION: MOPs and piezocision techniques accelerated the rate of canine retraction during orthodontic treatment, with the MOPs being slightly more effective.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-68
Author(s):  
Nur Khoiri ◽  
Rif'atul Fauziyah

The purpose of this research is to find out the effectiveness of application motion kinematics props with the model of learning inquiry to the science generic skills of grade X students MIPA at SMA Negeri 15 Semarang. The design of the study using Posttest Only Control Design, in this design there were two randomly selected groups, where the first group was given a treatment called the experiment class, and the second group was not given a treatment called the control class. The population in this research is the grade X students of MIPA SMA Negeri 15 Semarang. The sample in the research was the grade X students of MIPA 1 as an experimental class amounting to 36 students and students of grade X MIPA 4 as a control class amounting to 36 students. The main instrument of research used is the observation sheet, that is by conducting observations performed by the observer when students perform practicum/experiments tailored to nine indicators of science generic skills. Analysis of the class observation sheet is obtained on average 84.51% with excellent criteria and control class 61.57% with good criteria. Statistical analysis shows the value of tcount 0,000 < ttable 0,05 with the equivalent of α = 0,05 significance, so that rejecting H0 and accepting Ha. There is a significant difference between the experimental class and control class, so the inquiry learning model assisted of kinematic props is effective against student’s Generic Science Skills.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-370
Author(s):  
Jyotsana ◽  
Sreeja L

Post Dural Puncture Headache (PDPH) is an iatrogenic complication of spinal anaesthesia (SP) and has devastating consequences. To assess the effect of Coffee on occurrence of PDPH in post-operative patients of Interventional and control groups by comparing the mean PDPH pain scores related to demographic profiles and spinal anaesthesia procedures. An experimental approach in which 60 patients were recruited from the accessible population and was further allocated randomly to Interventional (30) and Control (30) groups. The patients were compared the demographical profiles viz. age, education and marital status and spinal anaesthesia procedures viz. surgery types, needle size and amount of fluid intake related to PDPH pain scores by Numerical Rating Scale after administration of three doses (130mg caffeine in 150ml) of coffee at intervals of 12hrs in Interventional group and only routine care in control group. The main findings in this study were that the incidence of PDPH is lower in Interventional group compared to control group with statistically significant difference (P&#60;0.001) but it is not influenced by demographic profiles as well as SP procedures in Interventional group compared to control group without statistically significant observation after 24 hrs, 48hrs and 72hrs NRS pain score, respectively.The use coffee is an effective, safe, non-invasive treatment for prevention of PDPH.


2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 4380-4388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Ding ◽  
Yanyan He ◽  
Lishan Chen ◽  
Bili Zhu ◽  
Qiuping Cai ◽  
...  

Objective To investigate whether immersive virtual reality (VR) distraction could decrease pain during postoperative dressing changes. Methods This was a prospective, open-label randomized clinical trial that enrolled patients that had undergone haemorrhoidectomy. Patients were randomly assigned to one of two groups: a control group that received the standard pharmacological analgesic intervention during dressing change and a VR group that received VR distraction during dressing change plus standard pharmacological analgesic intervention. Pain scores and physiological measurements were collected before, during and after the first postoperative dressing change. Results A total of 182 patients were randomly assigned to the control and VR groups. The baseline characteristics of the VR and control groups were comparable. There was no significant difference in mean pain scores prior to and after the dressing change procedure between the two groups. The mean pain scores at the 5-, 10-, 15- and 20-min time-points during the first dressing change were significantly lower in the VR group compared with the control group. Heart rates and oxygen saturation were not significantly different between the two groups. Conclusion Immersive VR was effective as a pain distraction tool in combination with standard pharmacological analgesia during dressing change in patients that had undergone haemorrhoidectomy.


2003 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy M. Cupero ◽  
Sam Y. Kim ◽  
Andrew B. Silva

We conducted a placebo-controlled, single-blind study to determine the efficacy of a local preoperative injection of a steroid/anesthetic combination in preventing post-tonsillectomy pain. We randomized 21 adults to receive either triamcinolone/bupivacaine on the left side and saline on the right or vice versa. Injections were administered in the area of the tonsillar pillars following intubation and prior to tonsillectomy. Based on the “generalized estimating equations” model of statistical analysis, we found no significant difference in the degree of postoperative pain between the active-treatment and control sides.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 152-157
Author(s):  
Juzer Shabbir ◽  
Zohaib Khurshid ◽  
Fazal Qazi ◽  
Huma Sarwar ◽  
Hasan Afaq ◽  
...  

Abstract Objectives The current study aimed to assess the impact of factors such as age, gender, and the tooth type on postoperative endodontic pain in necrotic teeth with symptomatic periapical periodontitis and radiolucency dressed randomly with either calcium hydroxide or propolis paste. Materials and Methods The standard chemomechanical root canal preparation of 80 teeth was performed by the primary investigator. The intracanal medicaments were inserted by the secondary operator. Patients self-recorded their postoperative endodontic pain intensity with the help of visual analog scale at 4, 12, 24 (day 2), 48 (day 3), and 72 (day 4) hours. During analysis, patients (68/80) were grouped according to gender, age, and the tooth type. Statistical Analysis Mann–Whitney’s U test was applied for mean pain score comparison between genders and between tooth type. Kruskal–Wallis’ test was applied for mean pain score comparison between the age groups. Results No significant difference (p > 0.05) in pain scores was found between the age groups and between the tooth types. Males had significantly higher pain scores as compared with females at days 2 (p = 0.035), 3 (p = 0.023), and 4 (p = 0.020). Conclusion The results suggested that there was no impact of age and tooth types on postoperative endodontic pain.


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