Therapeutic effects of early open decompression drainage on acute pulpitis

Objective To investigate the clinical effects of open decompression drainage on acute pulpitis. Methods Totally 180 acute pulpitis patients hospitalized during January 2012 to September 2014 in our department were selected and randomly divided into control group and observation group (n=80 each). The control group was treated with pulp inactivating agent and the observation group was given open decompression drainage. The clinical effects, analgesia efficiencies at 7d after treatment, treatment course and the complications were compared between the 2 groups. Results There was significant difference in the effective rate between control and observation groups after treatment 〔61.3% (49/80 cases) vs. 86.3% (69/80 cases), P 0.05〕〕. 6 patients developed periapical periodontitis in control group, and only 4 cases in the observation group (P>0.05). Conclusions Early open decompression drainage has good clinical effects and analgesia efficiencies in treatment of acute pulpitis, which is worthy of clinical application. Key words: Pulp; Open drainage; Acute pulpitis