endodontic emergencies. -endodontic emergencies are challenge in both diagnosis & management...
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-ENDODONTIC EMERGENCIES ARE CHALLENGE IN BOTH DIAGNOSIS & MANAGEMENT
-EVERY CASE IS A COMPLETE SEPARATE STORY
DEFINITIONOF EMERGENCY
CASES ASSOCIATED WITH PAIN &/ OR SWELLING & REQUIRE IMMEDIATE DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT
KEYS QUESTIONS TO DETERMINE THE CASE:
1-DISTRUPTION OF SLEEPING,WORKING & EATING2-DURATION3-PAIN MEDICATION
CAUSES OF THESE EMERGENCIES
ARE IRRITANTS THAT INDUCE SEVERE INFLAMATION IN PULP &
PERIRADICULAR TISSUES
THESE SUBSTANCES CAUSE PAIN IN TWO WAYS:
1-DIRECTLY : BY LOWERING THE RESPONSE THRESHOLD OF SENSORY NERVES2-INDIRECTLY:BY INCREASING VASCULAR PERMIABILITY & PRODUCING EDEMA
THE MAIN CAUSE OF THE PAINIS
EDEMA RESULTS IN INCREASED FLUID PRESSURE
WHICH STIMULATES PAIN RECEPTORS
THE IMMEDIATE GOAL OF THE TREATMENT SHOULD BE THE REDUCTION OF PRESSURE OR REMOVAL OF THE INFLAMED PULP OR PERIRADICULAR TISSUE.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT:
1-CONTROL THE SITUATION2-GAIN THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PATIENT3-PROVIDE ATTENTION & SYMPATHY4-TREAT THE PATIENT AS AN IMPORTANT INDIVIDUAL
-PATIENT IN PAIN OFTEN PROVIDE INFORMATION AND RESPONSES THAT ARE EXAGGERATED & INACCURATE.
-ALSO HE MAY GIVE YOU FALSE IMPRESSION.
-BE AWARE OF THE REFERRED PAIN & SYSTEMIC CONDITION.
PROPER DIAGNOSIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO TREAT THE CASE:
1-OBTAIN MEDICAL & DENTAL HISTORIES2-SUBJECTIVE EXAMINATION3-VISUAL EXAMINATION4-INTRAORAL EXAMINATION5-PULP TESTING6-PULPATION & PERCUSION7-RADIOGRAPH
PAIN CAUSED BY THERMAL CHANGES IS OF PULPAL ORIGIN.
PAIN CAUSED BY PRESSURE IS OF PERIRADICULAR ORIGIN
-Initial diagnosis is reached after this subjective question
-OBJECTIVE TESTS & RADIOGRAPHICAL EXAMINATION ARE USED FOR CONFIRMATION.
A-EXAMINATION OF FACE & ORAL SOFT & HARD TISSUE.
(SWELLING,RESTORATIONS,DISCOLARATION,CARIES,FRACTURES)
PERIODONTAL ABCESS CAN SIMULATE THE SYMPTOMS OF ACUTE APICAL ABCESS BUT THE PULP HERE IS VITAL & POCKETS ARE PROBED.
THE IMMEDIATE GOAL OF THE TREATMENT SHOULD BE THE REDUCTION OF PRESSURE OR REMOVAL OF THE INFLAMED PULP OR PERIRADICULAR TISSUE.
UPPER JAW:INFILTRATION OR BLOCK
LOWER JAW: INFERIOR ALVEOLAR BLOCK.( LINGUAL & LONG BUCCAL BLOCK MAY BE HELPFUL)
DIAGNOSIS
1-PAIN ON THERMAL STIMULI (MAINLY HOT)2-NO PAIN ON PERCUSION3-SPONTANOUS PAIN4-NO RADIOGRAPHIC PERIAPICAL CHANGES
TREATMENT:
-PROFOUND ANESTHESIA
-COMPLETE PULP EXTIRPATION -CLEANING & SHAPING OF THE CANALS IS DESIRABLE.-IN MOLARS ;PULPOTOMY MAY BE ENOUGH TO RELEASE PRESSURE-MEDICAMENTS :CAMPHOR SEALED IN THE CANALS.-A MILD ANALGESICS BUT NO ANTIBIOTIC
-THE SAME AS ABOVE BUT WITH SLIGHT TO SEVERE PAIN ON PERCUSION
-RADIOGRAPHICALLY :SLIGHT WIDENNING OF THE LAMINA DURA AROUND THE APEX
DIAGNOSIS
-TOOTH NOT AFFECTED BY THERMAL STIMULOUS-PAIN ON PERCUSION-PERIAPICAL RADIOLUCENT LESION MAY BE SEEN
TREATMENT-ANESTHESIA:INFLAMED PULP REMENETS IN THE APICAL CANALS OR THE INFLAMED PERIRADICULAR TISSUE-COMPLETE DEBRIDMENT IS THE TREATMENT OF CHOICE-HEAVY IRRIGATION WITH COPIOUS AMOUNT OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE
-DRY THE CANALS WITH PAPER POINTS -FILL THE CANALS WITH NON SETTING CALCIUM HYDROXIDE.-MEDICAMENTS :CAMPHOR SEALED IN THE CANALS & CLOSE IT WITH TEMPORARY FILLING-MILD ANALGESIC IS NEEDED(ANTIBIOTIC IS RARELY NEEDED)
-TOOTH MAY HAVE SOME MOBILITY & VERY SINSITIVE TO BITTING-THERE MAY BE BUS INSIDE THE CANALS WHEN OPEN THE PULP CHAMBER.-THESE PATIENTS MAY HAVE ELEVATED TEMPRATURES OR LYMPHADENOPATHY
LOCALIZED SWELLING SHOULD BE INCISED &DRAINED TO :
1-RELEASE OF PRESSURE2-REMOVAL OF THE VERY
POTENET IRRITANT ( THE BUS)
-IN PATIENTS WITH A PERIRADICULAR ABCESS & NO DRAINAGE FROM THE CANALS,PENETRATION OF THE APICAL FORAMEN WITH SMALL FILE(UP TO 25)MAY INITIATE DRAINAGE & RELEASE
PRESSURE.-DRAINAGE THROUGH THE TOOTH MAY BE ENOUGH IN SOME CASES.
-MOST OF THE CASES NEED DRAINAGE THROUGH THE TOOTH & THE MUCOSAL INCISION-DRAIN MAY BE NEEDEDTO PERMIT CONTINUED DRAINAGE
TREATMENT - DEBREDMENT & DRAINAGE .-HEAVY IRRIGATION WITH DISTILLED WATER -IT IS ADVISED NOT TO USE SODIUM HYPOCHLORIDE WITH THE PRESENCE OF BUS BECAUSE THIS MAY LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF PLUG. -DRY THE CANALS WITH PAPER POINTS & CLOSE.-MEDICAMENTS :CAMPHOR SEALED IN THE CANALS-CLOSE WITH GOOD TEMPORARY FILLING-MILD ANALGESIC &ANTIBIOTIC IS NEEDED
-Make sure that there is no bus in the canals before you close-Don’t leave these teeth open for drainageButIf the drainage through the canal is not stopped, the access may be left opened for further drainage BUT NOT MORE THAN 24 HRs
Leaving the tooth on “open drainage”should be avoided if possible,but if absolutely necessary for less than 24 hrs,as after this time further contamination of root canal by anaerobic bacteria makes subsequent RCT very difficult
OXFORD HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL DENTISTRY 2003
ANTIBIOTIC OF CHOICE:
A COMBINATION OF-WIDE SPECTRUM ANTIBIOTIC FOR AEROBIC BACTERIA(Penecillins)-METRONEDAZOLE(Flagyl) FOR ANEROBIC BACTERIA
THESE LESIONS ARE RAPIDELY PROGRESSIVE &SPREADING SWELLING THAT HAVE DISSECTED INTO TISSUE SPACES.
-THESE PATIENTS OCCASIONALLY HAVE AN ELEVATED TEMPRATURE & SYSTEMIC SIGNS
-SPREADING OF INFECTIONS INTO FACIAL SPACES-VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION-SYSTEMIC MANIFESTATION ARE PRESENT-EYE CLOSURE IF ASSOCIED WITH UPPER TEETH &TRISMUS IF ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER TEETH
TREATMENT
-DRAINAGE IS VERY IMPORTANT IF THERE IS FLUCTUATION & BUS.-EXTRAORAL INCISION WITH DRAIN MAY BE NEEDED (ORAL SYRGEON)-REMOVAL OF IRRETANTS BY DEBRIDMENT OF CANALS OR EXTRACTION OF INFECTED TOOTH
-STRONG ANTIBIOTIC (I.V.)& ANALGESIC .
-MAY NEED HOSPITALIZATION.
CAUSITIVE FACTORS
-PREOPERATIVE COMPLICATION-OVERINSTRUMENTATION( BLOOD IN TH CANALS)-REMAINING INFLAMMMED PULP TISSUE-IMPROPER PREPARATION OF PATIENT
1-PREVIOIUSLY VITAL CASES WITHOUT SWELLING TREARTMENT-ASSURANCE OF PATIENT-GOOD ANALGESIC-REOPEN THE TOOTH( MAKE GOOD DEBRIDMENT & IRRIGATE)
-INTRACANAL MEDICAMENTS
IF ACUTE APICAL ABCESS IS DEVELOPED:
-DRAINAGE IS NECESSARY( THROUGH THE TOOTH OR THE SOFT TISSUE)-CLEANING & IRRIGATION OF THE CANALS-DRY & CLOSE.-ANTIBIOTIC & NSAID IS NEEDED
3-CASE WITH SWELLING
-INCISION & DRAINAGE.-OPEN THE CANALS & CLEAN-DRY & CLOSE.-STRONG ANTIBIOTIC & ANALGESIC IS NEEDED.
TREATMENT
-DISCOMFORT: REASSURANCE &MILD ANALGESICS.-REMOVAL OF THE HIGH POINTS-RETREATMENT IS INDICATED IF PAIN PERSIST &ENDO TREATMENT HAS BEEN OBVIOUSLY INADEQUATE.
-APICAL SURGERY ( APECICTOMY) IN PATIENTS WITH PERSISTENT PAIN WITH OVER FILLING-PATIENTS WITH GOOD ROOT CANAL TREATMENT BUT WITH PERSISTENT SWELLING AFTER OBTURATION,INCISION & DRAINAGE MAY BE ENOUGH.
REFERENCES
• PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE OF ENDODONTICS ( WALTON & TORABINJAD)
• OXFORD HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL DENTISTRY ( 2003)
• PATHWAYS OF THE PULP ( COHEN & BURNS)