Purpose: The purpose of the presented study is to evaluate the student’s knowledge on managing acute pain in endodontic infections.\nMaterials and methods: Last year dental students (n=76) from the Medical University – Sofia, Bulgaria fulfilled an online questionnaire. Eight questions concerning acute pain management with non-opioid analgesics in dental medicine were included. In addition, information about respondents\' age and gender was collected. The data was analyzed using descriptive and graphical statistics.\nResults: Most of the students (49.33%) will recommend the patient to take Ibuprofen, in order to reduce the pain until the time for their scheduled visit comes. For acute periodontitis in the subperiostal phase 88.16% of the students preferred combination of NSAIDs (Ibuprofen or NImesulid) and antibiotics (Ampicillin), compared to only 11.84% who chose only NSAIDs. Twenty-eight (36.84%) of the students chose to not administer – Aceffein for patients with gastric and duodenal ulcers. 55.26% of the students decided not to prescribe COX-2 selective inhibitors in cases with diseases of the cardiovascular system. Most of the students (57.89%) marked the maximal daily dosage of Paracetamol to be 2g., compared to 30.26% - 4g. 52.63% of respondents chose to prescribe NSAIDs one hour before the appointment.\nConclusions Based on the presented study we may conclude that students have basic knowledge on managing acute dental pain from endodontic origin. They don’t have sufficient knowledge on the side effects of NSAIDs.

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