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.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
145
Abdulaziz Abdulmunim
Buraidah, Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia
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)
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.
Time frame: Five times intervals were recorded at the following: 6 hours following the treatment,1 day,2days,3days and 4 days
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