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A DESCRIPTIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE ONSET OF DISCOMFORT AND PAIN DURING AND AFTER ROOT PLANNING AND SCALING

1Dr. Owais Ahmad, 2Dr. Maria Afzal, 3Dr. Bilal Ahmad

Objective: In this particular research we aimed to determine the onset of various degrees of pain and discomfort during and after the periodontal debridement and periodontal probing as experienced by the patients. In order to find out this onset of pain and discomfort, we used VAS (Visual Analog Scale). Methodology: Our cross-sectional descriptive research was carried out at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore in the timeframe of November 2016 to June 2017 (Periodontology Department). We carried out all the measurements in order to probe the depths and noted the incidence of pain and discomfort among all the patients through VAS. The hygienists also used VAS to complete his measurements and estimated level of pain and discomfort among patients as experienced by them and also taken the perception of the patients. Results: Research sample consisted of 106 patients including both male and female with a respective number of 56 and 50. Research population had a slightly more male dominance. All the male and female patients received root planning and scaling procedures. About seventy percent of patients faced low response of the pain through instrumentation and probing with mild pain, moderate pain and severe pain having respective proportions of 36.6%, 33.3% and 13.3%. Research outcomes reflect that mild, moderate and severe pain was experienced by all the patients with varying proportions; furthermore, it was reported low during the procedure as during procedure pain was 23.3% and discomfort was 53% which increased after the procedure. The increase in pain was 23.3% to 53.3%; whereas, the increase in discomfort was from 53% to 86.7%. Conclusion: A number of patients experienced various degrees of pain such as from mild pain to moderate and even severe pain in the course of root planing and scaling. Furthermore, the intensity of the discomfort and pain was more after the procedure in comparison to during the procedures. Keywords: Scaling & Root Planning (SRP), Pain Intensity, VAS (Visual Analog Scale), Discomfort, Mild, Severe, Moderate and Probing.

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