Opportunities to influence pain and inflammation in dental practice

For symptomatic and short-term treatment of pain conditions associated with dental pain, pain after dental procedures, as well as pain after surgical intervention, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are most often used in dental practice(1,2).

Antibiotics can also be prescribed for more severe inflammatory processes. The change in the microbiome, as a result of antibiotic therapy, is one of the reasons for adding a probiotic. Sandoz company presents to Bulgarian market the first probiotic medicine includes probiotic bacteria(2,3,4).

Pain in the oral cavity can also be the result of trauma to the mucous membrane from dental prostheses, aphthae appearance and stomatitis. In these conditions, it is appropriate to use local antiseptics with antibacterial and antiviral activity.

In the presentation will be considered some of the pain conditions and possible therapeutic schemes to influence them.

Ass. Prof. Dr. Elka Radeva, MD

Assoc. Prof. E. Radeva graduated in 1993 from the Faculty of Stomatology - Sofia. 

She has a specialty in Therapeutic Stomatology (1997) and General Dental Medicine (2005). In 2012 - PhD degree; since 2015 she has been an associate professor in the Department of Conservative Dentistry, FDM-Sofia, 2017 - a master's degree in "Public Health and Health Management", MU-Sofia.

Assoc. Prof. E. Radeva's scientific interests are in endodontics, operative dentistry and aesthetic dentistry.

She has over 145 publications and participation in international and national scientific forums. Over 250 citations in Bulgarian and foreign scientific dental journals. Leading researcher and participant of 11 scientific projects. Author and co-author of 2 monographs, 2 practical student books on endodontics in Bulgarian and English, co-author of 4 study books in pharmacology for dental students and 2 pharmacological reference books. Supervisor of two postgraduate students.

Since 2020 - Chairman of the General Assembly of FDM-Sofia, since 2022 - President of the Bulgarian Scientific Association of Dental Medicine (BSADM), since 2022 - Vice-President of the Bulgarian Dental Association (BgDA) and President of the Communication Commission of BgDA.

Since 2007, she has been a member of the Faculty Council, and since 2020 - a member of the Academic Council of MU-Sofia.

She has given more than 38 lectures in dental continuing education in Bulgaria, Romania, Germany, Italy, North Macedonia, and Greece.

Assoc. Prof. E. Radeva is a member of the Bulgarian Dental Association (BgDA), the Bulgarian Scientific Association of Dental Medicine (BSADM), European Society of Endodontology (ESE), Balkan Stomatologycal Society (BaSS). 

Awards – Signum Laudis on a plaque (2024), for special contributions to the development of MU-Sofia.