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The professional medical journal, Dec 10, 2014
The objective of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic effect of dexamethasone in post-opera... more The objective of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic effect of dexamethasone in post-operative edema and trismus after impacted third molar surgery. Materials & Methods: It was a prospective randomized control study carried in Department of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, BADC, Larkana from March 2012 to Feb 2013. Patients age between 20-45 years of either gender; unilateral mandibular impacted third molars (right or left) were included. Patients divided in two groups by using random allocation number. Patients in Group-A were given intramuscular 8 mg dexamethasone 1 hour before surgery and four tablets (2mg) dexamethasone orally immediate postoperatively and 24 hours after surgery. The facial swelling was checked before surgery, after 24 hours (1 st day), after 48 hours (2 nd day), after 72 hours (3 rd day) and on 7 th postoperative day Inter-incisor distance was checked on every follow up. Data was analyzed by SPSS version 17. Mean and standard deviation was calculated for age and gender. Mean and SD of facial swelling and mouth opening was calculated before extraction, on 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd and on 7 th post-operative day in both groups. Results: The dexamethasone group showed significant reduction in swellingcompared with control group at all intervals. Dexamethasone resulted in significantly less trismus than controls on day 2 postoperatively, but there was no significant difference among the groups at 7thday. Conclusions: Dexamethasone is effective in minimizing swelling and trismus after removal of impacted lower third molar and improves the social life of individual.
The objective of this study was to determine the causes, incidence and distribution of maxillofac... more The objective of this study was to determine the causes, incidence and distribution of maxillofacial injuries. This was a descriptive study performed at the tertiary care hospital of Larkana (Accident & Emergency Department of Chandka Medical College, Hospital and Outpatient’s Department of Bibi Aseefa Dental College Hospital, Larkana) from 1st February 2011 to 30th August 2013. Two hundred and eighty eight patients of maxillofacial injuries were included in this study patients less than 11 years of age, suffering from neurological disorders and patients with isolated cases of dental and nasal injuries or only with facial lacerations were excluded. Information and data were collected from history, clinical examination and surgical preoperative records of each patient. Results showed that the most common etiology was road traffic accident (170) 59%, interpersonal violence (31) 10.76%, gunshot injuries (28) 9.7%, falls (19) 6.5% and others (40) 13.88%. The mandible was the most freque...
Journal of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, 2014
OBJECTIVES: To assess the efficacy and efficiency of forehead flap in reconstruction of maxillofa... more OBJECTIVES: To assess the efficacy and efficiency of forehead flap in reconstruction of maxillofacial region defects. STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery King Edward Medical University/Mayo hospital Lahore, from November 2009 to June2012. METHODOLOGY: This study was carried out on 30 (Thirty) consecutive patients, of either sex, who required soft tissue reconstruction of maxillofacial region including oral cavity defects due to trauma, infection or after tumor ablative surgery. Follow up was done for four months and on every follow up visit, patients were questioned about the degree of satisfaction, with mouth opening and donor site aesthetics. Cosmetic deformity judged subjectively. RESULTS: The axial pattern fascio-cutaneous flap, for the reconstruction of maxillofacial region with oral cavity defect, performed in 30 patients. Success rate of the flap was 100%, with only partial necrosis of the flap in 1 case. Subjectiv...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of naked eye examination and Dental-o... more The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of naked eye examination and Dental-operating microscope (DOM) examination for the location of second mesiobuccal canal (MB-2) in extracted maxillary first and second molars, considering the sectioning of the tooth as gold standard for the location of MB-2. This was a cross-sectional comparative study. One hundred extracted permanent maxillary first and second molars (50 of each) were stored in 10% neutral formalin. Using high speed headpiece standard endodontic access cavities were prepared. Initially, the mesiobuccal, distobuccal and palatal canals were located. Subsequently, the location of MB-2 canal was attempted by examining the pulp chamber floor with naked eye using only an endodontic explorer and canal confirmed with 10# K-file. MB-2 canal orifice was either located or not located with this method. Teeth in which MB-2 canal was not located were further explored under DOM. Yet again MB-2 canal orifice was either loc...
The study was conducted for the first time in Bibi Aseefa Dental College (BADC), Larkana from Apr... more The study was conducted for the first time in Bibi Aseefa Dental College (BADC), Larkana from April 2012 to March 2013 to evaluate the prevalence of dental caries in Larkana city and its adjoining areas, and to know the effect of age, gender, socioeconomic status, oral hygiene status and attitude towards dental awareness to caries prevalence. It was a Cross-sectional study. Six hundred patients between 13-20 and 21-30 years of age were selected from dental OPD, BADC, Larkana. The dentition was examined using WHO 1997 guidelines. The results were tabulated and statistically analyzed. Chi-square test was used to evaluate results. The overall caries prevalence in 13-20 years and 21-30 years old groups in Larkana city and adjoining areas determined was 100%.The mean DMFT value was higher i.e. 3.42 in age group 13-20 years. Besides age, the gender, socioeconomic status, oral hygiene status and attitude towards dental awareness were significantly related to dental caries prevalence. It wa...
The objective was to determine the frequency of second canal in extracted maxillary second premol... more The objective was to determine the frequency of second canal in extracted maxillary second premolars. This was an in vitro study conducted at the Department of Operative Dentistry, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro from October 2011 to March 2012. This study included two hundred extracted human maxillary second premolars. The pulp chambers were accessed with round bur in a high speed air turbine, and they were irrigated with 2.5% sodium hypochlorite solution for 12 hours to dissolve the pulp tissues, then rinsed under running tap water for 2 hours and dried overnight. The dye was introduced coronally and flooded throughout the pulp space by vacuum suction apically. Teeth were then decalcified in 5% nitric acid solution for five days. Eventually teeth were made clear by dipping in methyl salicylate and examined under operating microscope under 7.5 x magnification for the frequency of second canal. Results showed that the frequency of second canal of the maxill...
The objective was to compare the role of needles design (open ended versus closed ended) on the a... more The objective was to compare the role of needles design (open ended versus closed ended) on the apical extrusion of sodium hypochlorite irrigant during root canal treatment. This was an in vitro study performed at the Department of Operative Dentistry, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro from March 2011 to October 2011. Access cavities were prepared in one hundred extracted human maxillary first molars. The mesiobuccal canal was left open whereas the remaining canals were sealed. The acrylic receptacles were used to hold the teeth in a position as they are present in maxillary arch naturally. The starch/KI solution (A reagent that changes into blue color when comes in contact with sodium hypochlorite) was used to fill the receptacles. The teeth were divided into two groups (G1 and G2) each contained 50 specimens respectively. G1: Irrigation of the mesiobuccal canals with 5.25% sodium hypochlorite with open ended beveled needle. G2: Irrigation of the mesiobuccal...
The purpose of this prospective, randomized, study was to compare the anesthetic efficacy of 4% a... more The purpose of this prospective, randomized, study was to compare the anesthetic efficacy of 4% articaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine and 2% lidocaine with 1:200,000 epinephrine for buccal infiltration and inferior alveolar nerve block respectively in patients experiencing irreversible pulpitis in permanent mandibular first molars. Sixty emergency patients diagnosed with irreversible pulpitis of a mandibular first molar randomly divided into two groups. Thirty patients received buccal infiltration of 1.7 ml of 4% articaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine and thirty patients received standard inferior alveolar nerve block with 1.8 ml of 2% lidocaine with 1:200,000 epinephrine. Endodontic access was begun 10 minutes after solution deposition, success (anesthetic efficacy) was defined as none or mild pain (Visual Analogue Scale recordings) on endodontic access preparation or pulp extirpation. Twenty-two patients out of 30 did not experience pain with 4% articaine (success = 52.4%) and 20 out...
This study was carried out to investigate the frequency of fourth (distolingual) canal in the per... more This study was carried out to investigate the frequency of fourth (distolingual) canal in the permanent mandibular first molars and to determine the effect of modified access cavity preparation for endodontic treatment. It was an observational study. The study was conducted at the Department of Operative Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro/Hyderabad from September 2009 to February 2010. Two hundred permanent mandibular first molars were selected from male and female patients presenting for endodontic treatment. The method used for exploring the fourth canal was the modified access cavity preparation which involved changing the triangular access cavity shape to a quadrangular shape. The study involved careful selection criteria, pre-operative radiological examination and then triangular access cavity preparation. The number of canals found by triangular access cavity preparation was noted on the proforma before extending the sh...
The Professional Medical Journal, 2014
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic effect of dexamethasone in... more Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic effect of dexamethasone in post-operative edema and trismus after impacted third molar surgery. Materials & Methods: It was a prospective randomized control study carried in Department of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, BADC, Larkana from March 2012 to Feb 2013. Patients age between 20-45 years of either gender; unilateral mandibular impacted third molars (right or left) were included. Patients divided in two groups by using random allocation number. Patients in Group-A were given intramuscular 8 mg dexamethasone 1 hour before surgery and four tablets (2mg) dexamethasone orally immediate postoperatively and 24 hours after surgery. The facial swelling was checked before surgery, after 24 hours (1st day), after 48 hours (2nd day), after 72 hours (3rd day) and on 7th postoperative day Inter-incisor distance was checked on every follow up. Data was analyzed by SPSS version 17. Mean and standard deviation was calculated...
Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences
Objective: To compare the frequency of instrument fracture of endodontic file using Rotary Pro Ta... more Objective: To compare the frequency of instrument fracture of endodontic file using Rotary Pro Tapers and EDM Hy Flex series. Study Design & Setting: This experimental in vitro study was conducted at Institute of Dentistry Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro. Subjects and Methods: Data was prospectively collected from extracted human teeth. A total of 66 canals were included. Simple descriptive statistics were used to present demographic data, along with frequency and percentages to present qualitative variables. It was decided to perform a post-stratification chi square test taking a p-value of less than 0.05 as significant. Results: A total of 66 canals (33 each endodontic file using Rotary Pro Tapers and EDM Hy Flex series) were included. Mean endodontic file in group A and B was 1.28±0.14 mm and 0.58±0.08 mm. Comparison of instrument separation in endodontic file using Rotary Pro Tapers and Hy Flex series showed separation of 09 (27.3%) and 02 (6.1%) respe...
The professional medical journal, Dec 10, 2014
The objective of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic effect of dexamethasone in post-opera... more The objective of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic effect of dexamethasone in post-operative edema and trismus after impacted third molar surgery. Materials & Methods: It was a prospective randomized control study carried in Department of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, BADC, Larkana from March 2012 to Feb 2013. Patients age between 20-45 years of either gender; unilateral mandibular impacted third molars (right or left) were included. Patients divided in two groups by using random allocation number. Patients in Group-A were given intramuscular 8 mg dexamethasone 1 hour before surgery and four tablets (2mg) dexamethasone orally immediate postoperatively and 24 hours after surgery. The facial swelling was checked before surgery, after 24 hours (1 st day), after 48 hours (2 nd day), after 72 hours (3 rd day) and on 7 th postoperative day Inter-incisor distance was checked on every follow up. Data was analyzed by SPSS version 17. Mean and standard deviation was calculated for age and gender. Mean and SD of facial swelling and mouth opening was calculated before extraction, on 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd and on 7 th post-operative day in both groups. Results: The dexamethasone group showed significant reduction in swellingcompared with control group at all intervals. Dexamethasone resulted in significantly less trismus than controls on day 2 postoperatively, but there was no significant difference among the groups at 7thday. Conclusions: Dexamethasone is effective in minimizing swelling and trismus after removal of impacted lower third molar and improves the social life of individual.
The objective of this study was to determine the causes, incidence and distribution of maxillofac... more The objective of this study was to determine the causes, incidence and distribution of maxillofacial injuries. This was a descriptive study performed at the tertiary care hospital of Larkana (Accident & Emergency Department of Chandka Medical College, Hospital and Outpatient’s Department of Bibi Aseefa Dental College Hospital, Larkana) from 1st February 2011 to 30th August 2013. Two hundred and eighty eight patients of maxillofacial injuries were included in this study patients less than 11 years of age, suffering from neurological disorders and patients with isolated cases of dental and nasal injuries or only with facial lacerations were excluded. Information and data were collected from history, clinical examination and surgical preoperative records of each patient. Results showed that the most common etiology was road traffic accident (170) 59%, interpersonal violence (31) 10.76%, gunshot injuries (28) 9.7%, falls (19) 6.5% and others (40) 13.88%. The mandible was the most freque...
Journal of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, 2014
OBJECTIVES: To assess the efficacy and efficiency of forehead flap in reconstruction of maxillofa... more OBJECTIVES: To assess the efficacy and efficiency of forehead flap in reconstruction of maxillofacial region defects. STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery King Edward Medical University/Mayo hospital Lahore, from November 2009 to June2012. METHODOLOGY: This study was carried out on 30 (Thirty) consecutive patients, of either sex, who required soft tissue reconstruction of maxillofacial region including oral cavity defects due to trauma, infection or after tumor ablative surgery. Follow up was done for four months and on every follow up visit, patients were questioned about the degree of satisfaction, with mouth opening and donor site aesthetics. Cosmetic deformity judged subjectively. RESULTS: The axial pattern fascio-cutaneous flap, for the reconstruction of maxillofacial region with oral cavity defect, performed in 30 patients. Success rate of the flap was 100%, with only partial necrosis of the flap in 1 case. Subjectiv...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of naked eye examination and Dental-o... more The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of naked eye examination and Dental-operating microscope (DOM) examination for the location of second mesiobuccal canal (MB-2) in extracted maxillary first and second molars, considering the sectioning of the tooth as gold standard for the location of MB-2. This was a cross-sectional comparative study. One hundred extracted permanent maxillary first and second molars (50 of each) were stored in 10% neutral formalin. Using high speed headpiece standard endodontic access cavities were prepared. Initially, the mesiobuccal, distobuccal and palatal canals were located. Subsequently, the location of MB-2 canal was attempted by examining the pulp chamber floor with naked eye using only an endodontic explorer and canal confirmed with 10# K-file. MB-2 canal orifice was either located or not located with this method. Teeth in which MB-2 canal was not located were further explored under DOM. Yet again MB-2 canal orifice was either loc...
The study was conducted for the first time in Bibi Aseefa Dental College (BADC), Larkana from Apr... more The study was conducted for the first time in Bibi Aseefa Dental College (BADC), Larkana from April 2012 to March 2013 to evaluate the prevalence of dental caries in Larkana city and its adjoining areas, and to know the effect of age, gender, socioeconomic status, oral hygiene status and attitude towards dental awareness to caries prevalence. It was a Cross-sectional study. Six hundred patients between 13-20 and 21-30 years of age were selected from dental OPD, BADC, Larkana. The dentition was examined using WHO 1997 guidelines. The results were tabulated and statistically analyzed. Chi-square test was used to evaluate results. The overall caries prevalence in 13-20 years and 21-30 years old groups in Larkana city and adjoining areas determined was 100%.The mean DMFT value was higher i.e. 3.42 in age group 13-20 years. Besides age, the gender, socioeconomic status, oral hygiene status and attitude towards dental awareness were significantly related to dental caries prevalence. It wa...
The objective was to determine the frequency of second canal in extracted maxillary second premol... more The objective was to determine the frequency of second canal in extracted maxillary second premolars. This was an in vitro study conducted at the Department of Operative Dentistry, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro from October 2011 to March 2012. This study included two hundred extracted human maxillary second premolars. The pulp chambers were accessed with round bur in a high speed air turbine, and they were irrigated with 2.5% sodium hypochlorite solution for 12 hours to dissolve the pulp tissues, then rinsed under running tap water for 2 hours and dried overnight. The dye was introduced coronally and flooded throughout the pulp space by vacuum suction apically. Teeth were then decalcified in 5% nitric acid solution for five days. Eventually teeth were made clear by dipping in methyl salicylate and examined under operating microscope under 7.5 x magnification for the frequency of second canal. Results showed that the frequency of second canal of the maxill...
The objective was to compare the role of needles design (open ended versus closed ended) on the a... more The objective was to compare the role of needles design (open ended versus closed ended) on the apical extrusion of sodium hypochlorite irrigant during root canal treatment. This was an in vitro study performed at the Department of Operative Dentistry, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro from March 2011 to October 2011. Access cavities were prepared in one hundred extracted human maxillary first molars. The mesiobuccal canal was left open whereas the remaining canals were sealed. The acrylic receptacles were used to hold the teeth in a position as they are present in maxillary arch naturally. The starch/KI solution (A reagent that changes into blue color when comes in contact with sodium hypochlorite) was used to fill the receptacles. The teeth were divided into two groups (G1 and G2) each contained 50 specimens respectively. G1: Irrigation of the mesiobuccal canals with 5.25% sodium hypochlorite with open ended beveled needle. G2: Irrigation of the mesiobuccal...
The purpose of this prospective, randomized, study was to compare the anesthetic efficacy of 4% a... more The purpose of this prospective, randomized, study was to compare the anesthetic efficacy of 4% articaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine and 2% lidocaine with 1:200,000 epinephrine for buccal infiltration and inferior alveolar nerve block respectively in patients experiencing irreversible pulpitis in permanent mandibular first molars. Sixty emergency patients diagnosed with irreversible pulpitis of a mandibular first molar randomly divided into two groups. Thirty patients received buccal infiltration of 1.7 ml of 4% articaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine and thirty patients received standard inferior alveolar nerve block with 1.8 ml of 2% lidocaine with 1:200,000 epinephrine. Endodontic access was begun 10 minutes after solution deposition, success (anesthetic efficacy) was defined as none or mild pain (Visual Analogue Scale recordings) on endodontic access preparation or pulp extirpation. Twenty-two patients out of 30 did not experience pain with 4% articaine (success = 52.4%) and 20 out...
This study was carried out to investigate the frequency of fourth (distolingual) canal in the per... more This study was carried out to investigate the frequency of fourth (distolingual) canal in the permanent mandibular first molars and to determine the effect of modified access cavity preparation for endodontic treatment. It was an observational study. The study was conducted at the Department of Operative Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro/Hyderabad from September 2009 to February 2010. Two hundred permanent mandibular first molars were selected from male and female patients presenting for endodontic treatment. The method used for exploring the fourth canal was the modified access cavity preparation which involved changing the triangular access cavity shape to a quadrangular shape. The study involved careful selection criteria, pre-operative radiological examination and then triangular access cavity preparation. The number of canals found by triangular access cavity preparation was noted on the proforma before extending the sh...
The Professional Medical Journal, 2014
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic effect of dexamethasone in... more Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic effect of dexamethasone in post-operative edema and trismus after impacted third molar surgery. Materials & Methods: It was a prospective randomized control study carried in Department of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, BADC, Larkana from March 2012 to Feb 2013. Patients age between 20-45 years of either gender; unilateral mandibular impacted third molars (right or left) were included. Patients divided in two groups by using random allocation number. Patients in Group-A were given intramuscular 8 mg dexamethasone 1 hour before surgery and four tablets (2mg) dexamethasone orally immediate postoperatively and 24 hours after surgery. The facial swelling was checked before surgery, after 24 hours (1st day), after 48 hours (2nd day), after 72 hours (3rd day) and on 7th postoperative day Inter-incisor distance was checked on every follow up. Data was analyzed by SPSS version 17. Mean and standard deviation was calculated...
Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences
Objective: To compare the frequency of instrument fracture of endodontic file using Rotary Pro Ta... more Objective: To compare the frequency of instrument fracture of endodontic file using Rotary Pro Tapers and EDM Hy Flex series. Study Design & Setting: This experimental in vitro study was conducted at Institute of Dentistry Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro. Subjects and Methods: Data was prospectively collected from extracted human teeth. A total of 66 canals were included. Simple descriptive statistics were used to present demographic data, along with frequency and percentages to present qualitative variables. It was decided to perform a post-stratification chi square test taking a p-value of less than 0.05 as significant. Results: A total of 66 canals (33 each endodontic file using Rotary Pro Tapers and EDM Hy Flex series) were included. Mean endodontic file in group A and B was 1.28±0.14 mm and 0.58±0.08 mm. Comparison of instrument separation in endodontic file using Rotary Pro Tapers and Hy Flex series showed separation of 09 (27.3%) and 02 (6.1%) respe...