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Comparing the incidence of postoperative pain after root canal filling with warm vertical obturation with resin-based sealer and sealer-based obturation with calcium silicate-based sealer: a prospective clinical trial

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Abstract

Objective

This prospective clinical study compares postoperative pain after single-visit, non-surgical root canal treatment of teeth with irreversible pulpitis using two different root canal filling techniques.

Material and methods

All cases were treated by endodontic residents with a standardized protocol (minimum apical size 35) and filled with one of the two techniques: warm vertical compaction technique (WVT) with gutta percha and epoxy resin-based sealer (AH Plus Jet Root Canal Sealer, Dentsply Maillefer, York, PA, USA) or sealer-based filling technique (SBT) with single cone gutta percha and calcium silicate-based sealer (EndoSequence BC Sealer, Brasseler, Savannah, GA, USA). Surveys were given to participating patients to record pain intensity on a numeric rating scale (NRS, 0–10) at 4, 24, and 48 h postoperatively. Statistical significance was set at 0.05 level.

Results

One hundred ninety-four surveys were distributed over eighteen months. Ninety-two patients returned the survey (41 WVT and 51 SBT), of which 38% were asymptomatic irreversible pulpitis cases. The NRS values reduced over time for both techniques. No statistical difference was found between the two groups at the three time points assessed (p > 0.05). Postoperative pain was related to age, gender, presence of preoperative pain, and sealer extrusion (p < 0.05), however not related to preoperative periapical symptoms (percussion/palpation), dental arch, root type, and experience of the provider (p > 0.05).

Conclusions

The intensity of postoperative pain for the two obturation techniques was equivalent at evaluated time points.

Clinical relevance

The obturation technique does not influence postoperative pain. After endodontic treatment of symptomatic irreversible pulpitis teeth, the pain subsides in 48 h regardless of the technique.

Trial registration

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04462731

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    Ya-Hsin Yu, Larisa Kushnir, Meetu Kohli & Bekir Karabucak

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Yu, YH., Kushnir, L., Kohli, M. et al. Comparing the incidence of postoperative pain after root canal filling with warm vertical obturation with resin-based sealer and sealer-based obturation with calcium silicate-based sealer: a prospective clinical trial. Clin Oral Invest 25, 5033–5042 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-021-03814-x

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