Evaluation of the Effects of TENS Therapy and Acetaminophen on Pain Alleviation in Initial Orthodontic Treatment.

IF 0.8 Q4 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE

Turkish Journal of Orthodontics Pub Date : 2024-09-30 DOI:10.4274/TurkJOrthod.2024.2022.21

Kunal Sharma, Rajiv Ahluwalia, Stutee Grewal, Tina Chugh

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Abstract

Objective: This prospective study aimed to evaluate the analgesic effects of acetaminophen and Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation (TENS) therapy for pain control.

Methods: Forty orthodontic patients who underwent fixed orthodontic treatment were randomly assigned to one of 3 groups: (1) acetaminophen, (2) TENS therapy, or (3) control. Pain was evaluated at 12, 24, 36, and 48 hours after the placement of both 0.014" NiTi and 0.016" NiTi archwires using a 10 cm visual analogue scale (VAS). Because the data were found to be non-normal, Kruskal-Wallis test was employed for both stage I and stage II intra-group comparisons.

Results: For both stage I and stage II, evaluation of the VAS scores for all 3 groups at different time intervals showed that the difference between groups A and B was statistically insignificant (p>0.05). The scores of Group A compared to Group C were significant, and Group B compared to Group C showed significant values.

Conclusion: Both TENS and acetaminophen reduced the pain experienced by patients compared with the placebo group. The acetaminophen group showed VAS results similar to those of the TENS group.

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评估 TENS疗法和对乙酰氨基酚对缓解初期正畸治疗疼痛的效果。

目的：这项前瞻性研究旨在评估对乙酰氨基酚和经皮神经电刺激疗法（TENS）对控制疼痛的镇痛效果：这项前瞻性研究旨在评估对乙酰氨基酚和经皮神经电刺激疗法（TENS）在控制疼痛方面的镇痛效果：40 名接受固定正畸治疗的正畸患者被随机分配到以下 3 组中的一组：(1) 对乙酰氨基酚组；(2) TENS 治疗组；(3) 对照组。在放置 0.014 英寸镍钛弓丝和 0.016 英寸镍钛弓丝后的 12、24、36 和 48 小时，使用 10 厘米视觉模拟量表（VAS）对疼痛进行评估。由于发现数据是非正态的，因此在第一阶段和第二阶段的组内比较中采用了 Kruskal-Wallis 检验：在第一阶段和第二阶段，对所有三组在不同时间间隔的 VAS 评分进行评估后发现，A 组和 B 组之间的差异在统计学上不显著（P>0.05）。A组与C组相比得分显著，B组与C组相比得分显著：结论：与安慰剂组相比，TENS 和对乙酰氨基酚都能减轻患者的疼痛。对乙酰氨基酚组的 VAS 结果与 TENS 组相似。

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Turkish Journal of Orthodontics Dentistry-Orthodontics

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2.10

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9.10%

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