NON-MORPHINIC ANALGESICS USED IN PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

Authors: Ana SÎRGHE, Carmen SAVIN, Adriana BĂLAN, Eugeniu MIHALAŞ, Laura-Maria VASÂLCA-GAVRILĂ

Abstract:

Pain is a subjective experience. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Association for the Study of Pain (APSA) have proposed the following definition: “Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience related to actual or potential tissue injury or described in terms suggestive of such lesion”[1]. Today, the fight against pain has become a therapeutic priority for the patient. Faced with pain, we have a pharmacological arsenal. Analgesics are symptomatic drugs acting nonspecifically against pain, usually not altering sensations or consciousness. They were classified as central and peripheral analgesics [2].

Keywords:
  • acetaminophen.
  • analgesics
  • dental pain
  • NSAIDs