5. Conclusions
necrotic teeth, postoperative pain, pulpitis, pain
PULPITIS, INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE
Triple-antibiotic paste showed effective pain control as an intra-canal medicament. Under the conditions of the present study, it is recommended to use TAP in necrotic teeth as an intra-canal medicament to achieve effective post-operative pain control. However, caution must be exercised in use of TAP as a first-choice treatment due to the potential of introducing antibiotic resistance, at least until a bacteria-specific antibiotic delivery system is developed. Further investigation is also required to find out the exact mechanism through which TAP affects the host inflammatory response, and find out what the impact of TAP in controlling postoperative pain in cases of irreversible pulpitis would be.