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  • Dentistry
  • Pharmacology
  • Evidence-based Medicine

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  • Irreversible pulpitis causes severe dental pain, often leading to emergency visits.
  • Standard treatment involves root canal therapy, but antibiotics are sometimes prescribed for pain relief.
  • This review updates previous findings on antibiotic efficacy for irreversible pulpitis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of systemic antibiotics in managing pain associated with irreversible pulpitis.

Main Methods:

  • Searched multiple databases including Cochrane, MEDLINE, and Embase for randomized controlled trials.
  • Included trials comparing systemic antibiotics plus analgesics versus placebo plus analgesics for preoperative irreversible pulpitis.
  • Assessed evidence certainty using GRADE; data pooling was not feasible.

Main Results:

  • One trial with low risk of bias and 40 participants was included.
  • Evidence certainty was low; no significant difference in pain intensity or analgesic use between penicillin and placebo groups.
  • Insufficient evidence to confirm or refute the benefit of penicillin for pain relief.

Conclusions:

  • Current evidence is insufficient to determine if antibiotics reduce pain in irreversible pulpitis compared to placebo.
  • Further large-scale, methodologically sound trials are needed to clarify the role of preoperative antibiotics in treatment outcomes.