REDUCTION OF POSTOPERATIVE PAIN - A DOUBLE-BLIND, RANDOMIZED CLINICAL-TRIAL

The authors investigated the capability of two commonly used basing te chniques to reduce postoperative sensitivity. The authors measured the time it took the subjects to respond to a standardized stimulus of co ld water (cold response measure, or CRM) at baseline and one week afte r treatment. The authors found no significant reduction in the mean CP M for the group receiving Amalgambond Plus (Parkell), but they did fin d a significant decrease in the mean CPM for the group receiving Copal ite (Harry J. Bosworth Co.) with or without Vitrebond (3M). The author s concluded that the subjects in the Amalgambond Plus group experience d no more sensitivity to cold at one week postoperative than they did at baseline, while the subjects in the Copalite/Vitrebond group did.