Effects and cost-effectiveness of postoperative oral analgesics for additional postoperative pain relief in children and adolescents undergoing dental treatment: Health technology assessment including a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:There is an uncertainty regarding how to optimally prevent and/or reduce pain after dental treatment on children and adolescents. AIM:To conduct a systematic review (SR) and health technology assessment (HTA) of oral analgesics administered after dental treatment to prevent postoperative pain in children and adolescents aged 3-19 years. DESIGN:A PICO-protocol was constructed and registered in PROSPERO (CRD42017075589). Searches were conducted in PubMed, Cochrane, Scopus, Cinahl, and EMBASE, November 2018. The researchers (reading in pairs) assessed identified studies independently, according to the defined inclusion and exclusion criteria, following the PRISMA-statement. RESULTS:3,963 scientific papers were identified, whereof 216 read in full text. None met the inclusion criter

SUBMITTER: Berlin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6938383 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature