Baba Farid University Dental Journal

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 2

A comparative study of bupivacaine vs lignocaine in single sitting root canal treatment

  • Author:
  • Gaurav Jain1,, Akriti Goel2, R. S. Bedi3, Balakrishnan Rajkumar4, Lalit C. Boruah5, Deepti Ancy Chacko6
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 1 to 3

1Associate Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Saraswati Dental College, Lucknow-227105, Uttar Pradesh, India

2Senior Resident, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, King George's Medical University, Lucknow-226003, Uttar Pradesh, India

3Principal, Professor and Head of Department Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Saraswati Dental College, Lucknow-227105, Uttar Pradesh, India

4Principal, Professor and Head of Department Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, BBD College of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

5Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, BBD College of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

6Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, KLE VK Institute of Dental Sciences, Belagavi-590010

*Corresponding Author: Dr. Gaurav Jain, Associate Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Saraswati Dental College & Hospital, 233, Tiwari Ganj, Faizabad Road, Lucknow-227105, Uttar Pradesh, India, E-mail: - gauravjs23@yahoo.com

Online published on 17 February, 2020.

Abstract

Pain management during and after root canal treatment is a major challenge for dental practitioners. The present study was conducted to compare bupivacaine vs lignocaine in single sitting endodontic treatment.

The present study was conducted on 60 patients who underwent single sitting root canal treatment of both genders. Patients were divided into 2 groups of 30 each. In group I, 2% lignocaine was administered and in group II, 0.5% bupivacaine was administered followed by single sitting root canal treatment. The pain in both groups was compared using the visual analogue scale (VAS) before treatment and 3, 6, 12 and 24 hours after treatment.

The mean VAS before treatment in both group I was 76, at 3 hours was 4.6 in group I and 4.0 in group II, at 6 hours was 4.0 in group I and 3.4 in group II, at 12 hours was 3.2 in group I and 2.1 in group II, at 24 hours was 2.2 in group I and 1.5 in group II. The difference was significant (P< 0.05).

Single sitting root canal treatment, bupivacaine found to be superior in controlling pain as compared to lignocaine.

Keywords

Bupivacaine, Lignocaine, Root canal treatment