TABLE 1.
Assessment of post operative complications in teeth treated with pulpectomy
| Complications | Following day | One week | 12 weeks/24 weeks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | Group B | Group A | Group B | Group A | Group B | |
| Pain | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Discomfort | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| (2.78) | ||||||
| Pain, discomfort, tenderness | 8 (22.22) | – | 5 (13.89) | – | – | – |
| Discomfort, tenderness | 4 (11.11) | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pain, discomfort, tenderness, abscess | – | – | 3 | 1 | 2* | 1$ |
| (8.33) | (1.96) | (5.56) | (1.96) | |||
| Total teeth with complications | 13 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| (36.11) | (1.96) | (22.22) | (1.96) | (5.56) | (1.98) | |
| No complaints | 23 | 50 | 28 | 50 | 34 | 50 |
| (63.89) | (98.04) | (77.78) | (98.04) | (94.44) | (98.04) | |
| Total | 36 | 51 | 36 | 51 | 36 | 51 |
| p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p > 0.05 | ||||
*
Extracted at emergency visit before 12 weeks review; $ Extracted al 12 weeks review: Figures within parenthesis indicate %.
$
Extracted al 12 weeks review: Figures within parenthesis indicate %.