Terapia analgésica un aporte para el aclaramiento dental.

Abstract

Introduction: Tooth Whitening is a dental procedure with a high demand, since dental esthetics is a very important point nowadays for most patients. Whitening agents such as hydrogen peroxide can cause side effects such as dental hypersensitivity. Objective: To describe the effect of ibuprofen on hypersensitivity caused by tooth whitening. Materials and methods: Controlled, randomized, double-blind clinical trial with 60 adult patients without the presence of hypersensitivity prior to treatment. They were divided into two groups: group 1 (G1) was administered ibuprofen and group 2 (G2) was administered placebo. Hypersensitivity was assessed using a simple verbal numeric scale (VNS). Results: We could notice that at 10 minutes after clearance 70% of G1 did not report hypersensitivity, G2 reported 44%. After 20 minutes, 76% of G1 patients did not present hypersensitivity, however, 41% of the other group did. After 1 hour, 70% of G1 had no hypersensitivity, while G2 had 41% hypersensitivity. Within 8 hours, G1 had 79% no symptoms while G2 had 52%. After 24 hours, G1 had 98% no hypersensitivity, and 2% of those who took the placebo reported it. Conclusion: The findings of this study help us to conclude that the use of an analgesic can help to reduce hypersensitivity.