Introduction: Feeling pain after root canal therapy has always been a major problem for patients and dentists. One of the suggested methods to manage the pain is using the prophylactic medication before treatment process. This study aimed at investigating the comparison of pretreatment with novafen versus gelofen on reducing the pain after root canal therapy. Materials &Methods: This double-...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this prospective study was to compare patient experience of quality of life following surgical endodontic treatment using 2 different techniques: a technique that included the use of a dental operating microscope, root resection with minimal bevel and retrograde preparation with ultrasonic tips, and a traditional technique that included root resection with a 45 degrees ...

This paper presents a case report of a left mandibular second premolar with three canals and three different apical foramina. A 39-year-old male patient presented to our clinic with pain in the mandibular left second premolar. Initially, pain was caused by cold stimulus and later was spontaneously. The intraoral clinical examination revealed a fractured amalgam restoration with occlusal caries....

Introduction:
 Endodontic treatment may be required for the permanent teeth due to different reasons in childhood. Biological materials such as MTA and Biodentine® have started used nowadays endodontic treatment. Studies shown that these stimulated formation of new vascularized tissue apical mature with necrotic pulp periapical lesions. In addition, are preferred direct indirect capping th...

Objective: To measure the intensity of post-operative pain after using two techniques for root canal treatment.
 Study Design: Quasi-experimental study.
 Place and Duration: Operative Dentistry Department, Fatima Jinnah Dental College, Karachi Pakistan, from May to Oct 2019.
 Methodology: The study was conducted on 60 patients referred Department Endodontic, College. Enrolled wer...

A randomized, double-blind trial was conducted to compare the efficacy of 4% articaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine and 2% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine when used as a supplemental anesthetic. Forty-eight patients with irreversible pulpitis requiring supplemental buccal infiltration for endodontic therapy were given either 4% articaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine or 2% lidocaine with 1:100,...

BACKGROUND Use of magnifying loupe may increase the efficiency of dental care. This clinical trial compared the time in performing non-surgical endodontic therapy with or without the use of a magnifying loupe. METHODS Patients who required primary endodontic treatment in clinical trial centres at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in Hong Kong and Peking University (PKU) in Beijing were invite...

Endodontics has evolved as a truly scientific procedure and, when correctly diagnosed and performed, its research-reinforced statistics corroborate its high success rates. In order for a correct diagnosis to be made, a number of steps and tests are required. These include ascertaining the source of the patient’s chief complaint, understanding the patient’s dental history and performing pulp tes...

Dental infections can be caused by dental caries, pulpal necrosis, trauma, and periodontal disorders, they have serious effects that impact both the soft hard tissues of oral cavity. Pain, fever, edema are frequent signs infections. Early treatment infected teeth includes surgical endodontic procedures, followed antibiotic medication. Antibiotics used to treat odontogenic infections, non-odonto...

Objective: To compare patient-related and clinical-related characteristics of endodontic patients, before during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
 Methods: The study population comprised 506 patients (teeth: n=674) aged 13–81 years who attended undergraduate dental clinics in Endodontics Department Faculty Dentistry at Biruni University for treatment. Patient-related data were compared two ti...