BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Tooth extraction is practiced since the early days of mankind to surgically solve dental problems. However, as any surgical procedure, it promotes an inflammatory reaction with clinical presentation of pain. Several drugs have been used to minimize postoperative discomfort; however there is still no established protocol for its control. This study aimed at evaluating the analgesic effect of lysine and paracetamol to control post tooth extraction pain. METHOD: Double blind randomized study with 40 patients seen by the Surgical Outpatient Setting I, Dentistry Department, Federal University of Sergipe (DOD/UFS), who needed alveolar extractions in different hemiarcades using lysine (125 mg) three times a day or paracetamol (750 mg) four times a day, both during three postoperative days. Pain was evaluated at 24 and 48 hours with the visual analog scale. Data were submitted to Student's t and Friedman statistical tests. RESULTS: There have been no statistically significant differences in age, gender and pain intensity. CONCLUSION: Both lysine and paracetamol were effective to control post tooth extraction pain.
Lysine; Pain; Paracetamol; Tooth extraction
