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Analgesic Prescription Practice For Periodontal Pain In Chennai Population
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KEERTHIGA NAGARAJAN, DHANRAJ GANAPATHY, ARTHI BALASUBRAMANIAN
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Periodontal pain is found to be the second most common reason for dental pain and discomfort. Alleviating pain is of the highest esteem when treating dental patients. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are among the most extensively prescribed analgesics for management of dental pain. This study aims to determine the current clinical practice of analgesic prescription patterns for periodontal pain management in Chennai. A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted using the patient records from the OPD of Saveetha Dental College, Chennai from June 2019 to April 2020, and patients above the age of 18 years who were prescribed analgesics for periodontal pain were selected by means of non-probability sampling. Data was collected and then subjected to statistical analysis using Statistical Package for Social Science for Windows (version 20.0, SPSS Inc., Chicago Ill., USA). Chi square test was employed with a level of significance set at p<0.05. The most commonly prescribed medication for periodontal pain was found to be a combination of paracetamol and aceclofenac (51.3%), followed by aceclofenac (16.5%). It was found that more male patients were prescribed analgesics than females and most commonly prescribed to the 35-55 years age group. There was a statistically significant difference between analgesic prescribed and age groups (p=0.005) as well as a statistically significant difference between analgesic prescribed and operator qualification (p=0.00). More extensive studies need to be done to understand the various periodontal pain management protocols that are available and their advantages in order to render quality dental treatment.
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analgesic prescription, NSAIDs, orofacial pain, periodontal pain, prescription pattern
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.SP1.028
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