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ArticleContemporary clinical dentistry

Evaluation of Postoperative Pain after Pulpectomy using Different File Systems in Primary Teeth: A Systematic Review.

Lakshimi Lakshmanan, Sujatha Somasundaram, Ganesh Jeevanandan, Emg Subramanian

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Article in Contemporary clinical dentistry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lakshimi LakshmananDepartment of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Science, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sujatha SomasundaramDepartment of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Science, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ganesh JeevanandanDepartment of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Science, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Emg SubramanianDepartment of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Science, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Saveetha University · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe purpose of this systematic review was to compare the incidence and intensity of postoperative pain after pulpectomy using different instrumentations in primary teeth. MATERIALS AND

methodsAn extensive literature search in PubMed, Cochrane Library, Science Direct, LILAC, SIGLE, and Google Scholar was performed to identify English language articles with human subjects that evaluated the effects of different instruments on postoperative pain after pulpectomy.

resultsThe search retrieved 187 references. After screening of the abstracts and articles, based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of three articles were included in the systematic review. Of the three included studies, two of them had a moderate risk of bias and one showed a high risk of bias.

conclusionThe use of rotary instruments contributed to a lower incidence and intensity of postoperative pain than did the hand instruments in all the three studies. More high-quality randomized clinical trials are needed in this field in future studies to support the evidence.

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Instrumentationpostoperative painpulpectomyrandomized clinical trialssystematic review

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PMID33967530
PMCPMC8092099
OpenAlexW3137195980

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