ABSTRACT

Objective: To evaluate the post-operative pain by using zinc oxide-eugenol based root canal sealer at tertiary care Hospital.

Material and Methods: This was a cross sectional study and was performed at department of operative dentistry of Liaquat University of Medical and health Sciences Jamshoro during six months from January 2020 to June 2020. Patients presented with permanent anterior teeth with irreversible pulpitis, teeth restoration after treat of root canal and both gender were included. Several visits of endodontic treatment were performed by obturating the canals using zinc oxide eugenol (Endofill Densply Maillefer). Patients were followed for one week after obturation like on 2nd day, third day and 7th day for evaluating post-operative pain (POP). To measure POP, Visual analogue scale (VAS) was used. All the data was recorded by self-made proforma.

Results: A total of 30 patients were selected. Patients mean age was 31.07+9.69 years. Males were found in majority 66.6%. Most of the patients were presented with moderate pain and one patient with severe pain on next day and average visual analogue scale was 7.9+0.62, which was markedly decreased on 3rd post-operative day as 3.8+0.23 (most of the patients had mild pain), while on 7th post-operative day almost pain was reduced and few patients had mild pain, so average VAS was found to be 1.2+0.15. Conclusion: Zinc oxide-eugenol based root canal sealer found to effective in the prevention of post-operative pain.

Key words: Liver cirrhosis, periodontitis, severity