PAIN AND CHEWING SENSITIVITY DURING FIXED ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT IN EXTRACTION AND NON-EXTRACTION PATIENTS

Authors : Gülşilay SAYAR

Pages : 23-28

Doi:10.17096/jiufd.95254

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Publication Date : 2017-04-02

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences in pain perception and chewing sensitivity between extraction and non-extraction patients. Subjects and Methods: Thirty orthodontic patients insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(11 males, 19 females); were included in this study who were classified as extraction insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=15; 6 males, 9 females); and non-extraction patients insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=15; 7 males, 8 females);. The mean age of patients were 15.10±1.83 years in non-extraction group and 15.44±0.75 years in extraction group. The patients were asked to complete the Visual Analogue Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(VAS); questionnaire and they were asked to mark the presence or absence of sensitivity during 7 days after the first arch wire placement. Pain intensity comparison between groups was performed using the Mann - Whitney U test. The Friedman test was used to analyze within-group differences over time. Results: There were no significant differences in pain scores between the groups. Pain levels significantly decreased between day 1 and day 3 in both the groups. No differences were found in the chewing sensitivity between the non-extraction and extraction groups. Conclusion: No difference in the pain perception was observed between the extraction and non-extraction patients during the 7 days after arch wire placement.
Keywords : Orthodontic treatment, brackets, pain, mastication, visual analogue scale, tooth extraction