Acupuncture reduces the postoperative pain in teeth with symptomatic apical periodontitis: a preliminary randomized placebo-controlled prospective clinical trial

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dc.contributor.authorArslan, Hakan
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Hany Mohamed Aly
dc.contributor.authorYildiz, Ezgi Doganay
dc.contributor.authorGundogdu, Eyup Candas
dc.contributor.authorSeckin, Fatih
dc.contributor.authorArslan, Sumeyye
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-25T18:34:09Z
dc.date.available2020-06-25T18:34:09Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentKırıkkale Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractObjective: Endodontic treatment generally results in a wide range of postoperative pain intensity. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of preoperative acupuncture on postoperative pain in molar teeth with symptomatic apical periodontitis. Method and Materials: Thirty patients having symptomatic apical periodontitis with a preoperative and percussion pain of visual analog scale (VAS) more than 60 were included in this study. The patients were randomly distributed into two groups; G1, real acupuncture; and G2, placebo (mock acupuncture). After 15 minutes of application, root canal treatment was performed. A logistic regression analysis was used to determine the variable(s) (group, age, gender, tooth number, preoperative pain, preoperative percussion pain, and radiographic status) that controls the postoperative pain significantly. Chisquare, Mann Whitney U, and independent t tests were per-formed to analyze the data, and the level of significance was set at .05 (P = .05). Results: A regression analysis demonstrated that the group variable had the most significant effect on postoperative pain at day 1 (P = .003). Results showed that acupuncture reduced the preoperative and percussion pain levels significantly more than placebo group at all day intervals (P < .05). For postoperative pain at the 7-day follow-up, the pain ranged from "mild" to "no pain" in G1, compared with "moderate" to "minimal" in G2. Only one patient required postoperative analgesics in the acupuncture group compared to eight patients for placebo. Conclusions: Preoperative acupuncture can be beneficial in reducing postoperative pain in teeth with symptomatic apical periodontitis.en_US
dc.identifier.citationclosedAccessen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3290/j.qi.a42153
dc.identifier.endpage277en_US
dc.identifier.issn0033-6572
dc.identifier.issn1936-7163
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.pmid30887960
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85063293183
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage270en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3290/j.qi.a42153
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/7810
dc.identifier.volume50en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000466933100003
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherQuintessence Publishing Co Incen_US
dc.relation.ispartofQuintessence International
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectacupunctureen_US
dc.subjectapical periodontitisen_US
dc.subjectendodonticsen_US
dc.subjectpostoperative painen_US
dc.subjectroot canalen_US
dc.titleAcupuncture reduces the postoperative pain in teeth with symptomatic apical periodontitis: a preliminary randomized placebo-controlled prospective clinical trialen_US
dc.typeArticle

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