Álvarez HAF, Sánchez GCL, Moreno MW, Orozco CL

Language: Spanish
References: 18
Page: 207-211
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ABSTRACT

The objectives of this work are: a). to determine the frequency of posoperative pain in endodontic patients who had a single visit root canal therapy; and b). to establish the relationship between the pulp diagnosis, prior to therapy, with the posoperative pain. In this study, fifty patients with single root canal teeth were registered after a pulp diagnosis, the endodontist made a biomechanical work in the root canal and filled it with a lateral condensation technique. It was registered the posoperative pain in the patients at 24, 48 and one week after treatment. The frequency data were compared by means of a χ² statistical test.
The results show ed that 24% of the patients registered some kind of posoperative pain at 24, 48 hours and a week. Also, there no was a correlation between the pulpar diagnosis and the posoperative pain. We concluded that the single visit to root canal therapy could be normally carried out, but the posoperative pain will be present in some cases.
Finally, we observed that the patients conditions, the professional skills of the clinician and the prior teeth care are important factors to be considered in the treatment selection.

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