Abstract

COMPARISON OF PAIN EFFIACACY AND POST OPERATIVE HEALING OF TWO DIFFERENT LOCAL ANAESTHETIC SOLUTION IN THERAPEUTIC EXTRACTION CASES

Dr. Nilamahan Nasser* and Fahima Aafrin

ABSTRACT

Aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of two local anaesthetic (LA)solutions, plain lignocaine and lignocaine with vasoconstrictor, on pain during administration and post-extraction wound healing in patients undergoing therapeutic extractions. Thirty patients divided with two groups. Group 1 with plain LA (15 patients) and group 2 LA with adrenaline (15 patients). Pain perception was assessed by visual analogue scale and wound healing by Landry’s wound healing index. Data analysis involved chi-square test to compare proportions between treatment groups and independent sample t-test to compare mean values between treatment groups. Results showed the study group exhibited with very good to excellent wound healing characteristics when compared to control group. Conclusion: the patients who received plain lignocaine perceived less pain during injection of LA solution when compared to patients who received lignocaine with vasoconstrictor. The early post-operative wound healing was better in patients anaesthetized by plain lignocaine.

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