Year : 2020

Volume : Volume 11

Issue : Issue 1

Address for correspondence :
Dr. Kirti Bansal.
Kirtibansal@gmail.com

Abstract

Background:  Cold saline is found to reduce pain and dependence on Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, from studies conducted earlier in this field of cryotherapy. With a very few studies conducted earlier, a lot of research needs to be done in this field to establish the importance and effectiveness of cryotherapy in reducing postoperative pain in clinical endodontic practice. Materials & Method: The patients were divided in two groups:  Group A (n=30): Patient who received final irrigation with saline at room temperature. Group B (n=30): Patient who received final irrigation with saline at 2.5 degree Celsius. Chi-square test was used to compare, the incidence of postoperative pain. Result: The result showed that there is less number of patients with severe and moderate pain in group A patients that received the cryotherapy. In group A there were no patients with intense or severe pain. Conclusion: Numerous research studies should be conducted in the near future to investigate the possible benefits of this technique in the treatment of other pulpal and periradicular diseases. In addition, the investigation of inflammatory markers amongst patients subjected to intracanal cryotherapy might shed a further light on the action mechanism and the potential use of cryotherapy in endodontics.

Keywords: Cold Saline, Post-operative pain, Endo therapy, pulpal necrosis, apical periodontitis.