Effect of different Analgesics as a Premedication on Postendodontic Pain – A Literature Review

Pain is seen to be a subjective experience and the intensity of pain is shown to be very different among different individuals. Different factors such as age, genes, Gender, Age, Type of teeth can influence the pain occurrence in individuals. The most commonly used analgesics being NSAIDs but the response of these analgesics can vary from different individuals based on genetics and plasma life. Recent evidence has shown the use of different analgesics such as corticosteroids for post reduction of endodontic pain by reduction of prostaglandin synthesis. Though different factors are there to influence post endodontic pain and how to manage them there is still a dilemma on how to adequately manage pain reduction post endodontic treatment by different analgesics. In regard to this the present review comprehensively discusses all the analgesics which has been used in endodontics and newer analgesics which can show potential to be used in endodontics for post endodontic pain reduction.