psd-502 and Abscess

This study was conducted to evaluate the use of Eutectic Mixture of Local Anesthetics (EMLA) for various clinical procedures such as extraction of the mobile primary teeth, root stumps as well as pulpal therapy procedures in the primary teeth. Thirty children in need of routine dental procedures were selected and procedures were done under a single anesthesia of EMLA. Pain perception and the effectiveness of anesthesia were evaluated with the Eland's color scale and Lickert's scale respectively. Results showed that use of EMLA could to some extent eliminate the use of the needle in the procedures performed especially in pediatric dentistry.

Topics: Abscess; Adolescent; Anesthesia, Dental; Anesthetics, Combined; Anesthetics, Local; Child; Child, Preschool; Crowns; Dental Restoration, Permanent; Humans; Injections; Lidocaine; Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination; Ointments; Pain Measurement; Prilocaine; Root Canal Therapy; Statistics, Nonparametric; Tooth Extraction; Tooth Root; Tooth, Deciduous; Treatment Outcome

Eighteen consecutive patients with non-lactational breast abscesses have been treated by aspiration (ten patients), surgical drainage after application of local anaesthetic cream (seven patients) or a combination of aspiration and local anaesthetic cream drainage (one patient) combined with a 2-week course of either amoxycillin and clavulanic acid or cephradine and metronidazole. All abscesses resolved completely within 2 weeks of treatment and all 18 patients expressed satisfaction with the method of treatment used. The majority of patients with breast abscesses can now be managed as outpatients.

Topics: Abscess; Adult; Ambulatory Care; Anesthetics, Local; Breast Diseases; Drainage; Drug Combinations; Female; Humans; Lidocaine; Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination; Middle Aged; Patient Satisfaction; Prilocaine