The Efficacy of Articaine in Pain Management During Endodontic Procedures in Pediatric Patients

Overview

Journal Perioper Med (Lond)

Publisher Biomed Central

Date 2024 Apr 30

PMID 38689354

Authors

Yilei Che

Minhua Wang

Xiaozhen Wu

Xueling Wang

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Abstract

Objective: This trial aimed to study the efficacy of articaine in pain management during endodontic procedures in pediatric patients.

Methods: Ninety-eight children who received endodontic painless treatment were collected and randomly divided into the control group and observation group, with 49 cases in each group. The control group received infiltration anesthesia with lidocaine, and the observation group received infiltration anesthesia with articaine. Anesthesia effect, anesthesia onset time, sensory recovery time, duration of anesthesia, pain intensity, blood pressure, heart rate, and adverse reactions were compared.

Results: The effective rate of anesthesia in the observation group was higher than that in the control group. The anesthesia onset time and sensory recovery time were shorter, the duration of anesthesia was longer, and the VAS score and facial expression score were lower in the observation group than in the control group. The heart rate of the observation group was lower, and diastolic blood pressure was higher than those of the control group. The total incidence of adverse reactions in the observation group was lower than that in the control group.

Conclusion: In the treatment of dental pulp diseases in children, the use of articaine can achieve better anesthesia effect and rapid onset of anesthesia and has less impact on the patient's blood pressure and heart rate, but it also can relieve pain and has good safety after the use of medication. It is worthy of clinical application.

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