Anesthetic efficacy of Oraqix® versus Hurricaine® and placebo for pain control during non-surgical periodontal treatment.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficacy of Oraqix® during scaling and root planing (SRP) in comparison with 20% benzocaine and placebo. STUDY DESIGN: 15 patients requiring 4 sessions of SRP were enrolled. For each patient, Oraqix®, Hurricaine®, vaseline or no anesthetic product were randomly assigned each to a quadrant. Treatment pain was evaluated on a 100 mm Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and on a Verbal Rating Scale (VRS). The amount of product administered, the need to re-anesthetise, patient and operator satisfaction and the onset of side-effects were also recorded. RESULTS: Oraqix® was significantly better than nothing, with a reduction of VAS score to 13.3 units, but without significant differences with Vaseline or Hurricaine®. Oraqix® was better in VRS reduction than not using any anesthetic (p=0.001) or using vaseline (p=0.024), but similar to Hurricaine® (p=0.232). CONCLUSIONS: Oraqix® effectively controls pain in SRP procedures, with few side-effects and a good acceptance on the part of patients and clinicians.

Revisión bibliográfica de Implantología Bucofacialdel año 2007 / Bibliographical review of Oral Implantology of the year 2007

Se expone una revisión de la literatura científica publicada en revistas indexadas durante el año 2007 sobre Implantología Bucofacial. La escasez de tiempo de que disponen los profesionales para consultar las múltiples fuentes de información, ha motivado a los autores a resumirlos artículos publicados y clasificarlos en los siguientes apartados: generalidades, pacientes especiales, superficies y diseños, tejidos blandos, implantes inmediatos, carga inmediata, complicaciones, elevación sinusal, técnicas avanzadas, plasma rico en plaquetas y factores de crecimiento, cirugía guiada, cirugía mínimamente invasiva y mini implantes, con la intención de facilitar una puesta al día (AU)

The lack of the available time of the professionals involved in the Odontological field and the difficulty to maintain a good level of information about Oral Implantology, arouse the interest of the authors to expose a synthetic review of the publications. Inside this article there are different aspects related to treatment planning, special patients, design and surfaces, immediateload, PRP, guided surgery and others (AU)