Acutely Infected Teeth: To Extract Or Not To Extract?

This prospective study was performed on 82 participants. Severe pain on percussion of the relevant tooth was considered as basic criteria when deciding on acute infection phase. The acutely infected teeth were labeled as the study group (n=35) and the asymptomatic ones as the control group (n=47). The extractions were done in the usual way. Amount of anesthetic solution used and durations of extractions were recorded.