We usually do not use an excessive amount of analgesics in dentistry unless we are doing difficult extractions or surgeries that leave exposed bone or the tissues were torn excessively. Bone exposures after surgeries will cause the patient to have pain. This can usually be alleviated by covering the bone with tissue or periodontal packs.
Planning your surgeries to allow good coverage with the tissues available helps. Today we have bone and collagen membranes to cover the alveolar bone. This will help in alleviating pain.
Usually, we take patients out of pain, but there are occasions when this is not possible. This is where the analgesics come into play.
We will look into dosages and the health concerns before administering the analgesics. How will the analgesics react to other drugs our patients are taking? If he is taking a blood thinner such as warfarin, will the analgesics thin the blood more or will they do the opposite? We will start with the NSAID (Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug)
The NSAID drugs can block the COX 1....