Endodontic Overfill, Pain, Postoperative
Conditions
Keywords
Sealer extrusion, Postoperative pain
Brief summary
Root canal treatment is essential step to eliminate pain and preserve tooth structures. However, errors could happen unintentionally such as ledge, perforation and sealer extrusion. Pain through an endodontic treatment is one of the elements that most of the patients seek treatment to be relived. One the current systemic review analyzed the pain after root canal treatment could be up to half the patients. The purpose of this study is to evaluate and record the postoperative pain among patients who are undergoing root canal treatment.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Primary root canal * Asymptomatic tooth with or without apical radiolucency * Patient older than 18 and younger than 70 * American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) Class I or II
Exclusion criteria
* Patient with preoperative pain * Periodontal probing more than 5mm * When patency could not be achieved * pregnant patient., * patients who could not properly follow the instructions for filling the visual analog card (VAS) were excluded. * Previously treated or initiated
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Each patient was given visual assessment scale to analyze the postoperative pain and assessing the change in different time intervals (6 hours,24 hours,2 days,3days and 4 days) | Five times intervals were recorded at the following: 6 hours following the treatment,1 day,2days,3days and 4 days | Visual analogue card scales contains numbers range from 0-10 1-3 indicates mild pain, while 4-6 suggests moderate pain and 7-10 specify sever pain. |
Countries
Saudi Arabia