Open AccessThe efficacy of different pre- and post-operative analgesics in the management of pain after orthodontic separator placement: A randomized clinical trial
Author(s) -
Vivek Sudhakar,
T S Vinodhini,
Akhilesh Mohan,
S Bhuvaneshwari,
Balakrishnan Rajkumar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.137393
Subject(s) - medicine , ibuprofen , randomized controlled trial , placebo , visual analogue scale , aspirin , analgesic , clinical trial , anesthesia , physical therapy , dentistry , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology , pharmacology
Pain-free treatment to the patients is considered as an important treatment objective for orthodontic health care providers. However, many orthodontists underestimate the degree of pain experienced by the patients. Hence, this study was conducted as a randomized, double-blinded clinical trial with the following objectives.