Ashkenazi Malka, Berlin-Broner Yuli, Levin Liran
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Orthodontics (Chic.). 2012;13(1):e76-81.
The experience of pain is considered a major issue during active orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances. The objective of this study was to indirectly and retrospectively evaluate patients' perceptions of orthodontists' awareness to their pain during active orthodontic treatment.
A structured questionnaire was distributed to 100 patients undergoing active orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances. The patients were treated by at least 35 orthodontists. The questionnaire accessed information regarding instructions the patients received from their orthodontist concerning pain management during and following treatment.
Most of the patients (83%) reported that their orthodontist informed them about expected pain during orthodontic treatment. Fifty-nine percent informed their orthodontist of pain during treatment (64% girls and 33% boys). Only 21% of the patients were recommended to take analgesic to relieve the pain and only 7% patients received a prescription for an analgesic to relieve their pain.
Orthodontists should consider prescribing analgesics more frequently.
在使用固定矫治器进行正畸治疗期间，疼痛体验被认为是一个主要问题。本研究的目的是间接且回顾性地评估患者对正畸医生在正畸治疗期间对其疼痛的认知的看法。
向100名正在使用固定矫治器进行正畸治疗的患者发放了一份结构化问卷。这些患者由至少35名正畸医生进行治疗。该问卷获取了有关患者从正畸医生那里收到的关于治疗期间和治疗后疼痛管理的指导信息。
大多数患者（83%）报告称，他们的正畸医生告知了他们正畸治疗期间预期的疼痛。59%的患者在治疗期间告知了正畸医生自己的疼痛（女孩为64%，男孩为33%）。仅21%的患者被建议服用镇痛药来缓解疼痛，只有7%的患者收到了镇痛药的处方以缓解疼痛。
正畸医生应更频繁地考虑开具镇痛药。
