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ReviewJournal of dental anesthesia and pain medicine2023

Pain management in periodontal therapy using local anesthetics and other drugs: an integrative review.

Eduarda Cristina Santos, Daniela Huller, Sabrina Brigola, Marceli Dias Ferreira, Márcia Thaís Pochapski, Fábio André Dos Santos

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Review in Journal of dental anesthesia and pain medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eduarda Cristina SantosDepartment of Dentistry, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4332-8260
Daniela HullerDepartment of Dentistry, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-6538
Sabrina BrigolaDepartment of Dentistry, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9738-9387
Marceli Dias FerreiraDepartment of Dentistry, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4037-0191
Márcia Thaís PochapskiDepartment of Dentistry, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4220-7838
Fábio André Dos SantosDepartment of Dentistry, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0347-0270
Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Surgical and non-surgical periodontal procedures often lead to postoperative pain. Clinicians use pharmacological methods such as anesthetics, anti-inflammatory drugs, and analgesics for relief. However, the multitude of options makes it challenging to select the best approach for routine dental care. Objective: This review aimed to describe previous studies regarding the pharmacological management used for pain control during periodontal procedures as well as factors that may interfere with patients' perception of pain. Methods: We included studies (period of 2000-2023, whose approach corresponded to the pharmacological protocols used for preoperative, trans-operative, and postoperative pain control in adult patients undergoing surgical and non-surgical periodontal therapy. Results: A total of 32 studies were included in the analysis, of which 17 (53%) were related to anesthetic methods and 15 (47%) were related to therapeutic protocols (anti-inflammatory/analgesic agents). These studies predominantly involved nonsurgical periodontal procedures. Studies have reported that factors related to age, type of procedure, and anxiety can influence pain perception; however, only seven of these studies evaluated anxiety. Conclusions: Numerous methods for pain control can be applied in periodontal therapy, which are accomplished through anesthetic methods and/or therapeutic protocols. Factors such as anxiety, age, and type of procedure are related to pain perception in patients. Thus, it is the responsibility of dentists to evaluate each clinical situation and define the best protocol to follow based on the literature.

Indexed as

AnestheticsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsPain ManagementPain PerceptionPeriodontal DiseasesPeriodontics

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PMID37841520
PMCPMC10567545
OpenAlexW4387349096

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