Dental pain is characterized as pain originating from the teeth and supporting tissues due to disease or injury to the teeth.
How effective is acupuncture in the management of acute dental pain?
Dental pain is characterized as pain originating from the teeth and supporting tissues due to disease or injury to the teeth.
Recent research evaluated the efficacy of acupuncture, alone or as complementary therapy, compared to local anesthesia or conventional analgesic medications in acute dental pain (intra-operatively and post-operatively), and to clarify whether acupuncture reduces the use of postoperative analgesic medications.
Patients who received acupuncture showed lower pain scores postoperatively, suggesting a potential role of acupuncture in improving acute dental pain intra-operatively and post-operatively and improving the efficacy of local anesthesia.
Healthcare continues evolving to less-invasive, natural, and drug-free methods, placing acupuncture as a first-line complementary healthcare choice.
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