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SynthesisScientific reports2021

Influence of occlusal reduction on pain after endodontic treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Nayane Chagas Carvalho Alves, Sirley Raiane Mamede Veloso, Silmara de Andrade Silva, Andressa Cartaxo de Almeida, Christianne Tavares Velozo Telles, Kaline Romeiro, Gabriela Queiroz de Melo Monteiro, Diana Santana de Albuquerque

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nayane Chagas Carvalho AlvesFaculdade de Odontologia de Pernambuco, Universidade de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Luís Freire, 700-Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, 50740-540, Brazil.
Sirley Raiane Mamede VelosoFaculdade de Odontologia de Pernambuco, Universidade de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Luís Freire, 700-Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, 50740-540, Brazil.
Silmara de Andrade SilvaFaculdade de Odontologia de Pernambuco, Universidade de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Luís Freire, 700-Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, 50740-540, Brazil.
Andressa Cartaxo de AlmeidaFaculdade de Odontologia de Pernambuco, Universidade de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Luís Freire, 700-Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, 50740-540, Brazil.
Christianne Tavares Velozo TellesFaculdade de Odontologia de Pernambuco, Universidade de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Luís Freire, 700-Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, 50740-540, Brazil.
Kaline RomeiroFaculdade de Odontologia de Pernambuco, Universidade de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Luís Freire, 700-Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, 50740-540, Brazil.
Gabriela Queiroz de Melo MonteiroFaculdade de Odontologia de Pernambuco, Universidade de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Luís Freire, 700-Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, 50740-540, Brazil. gabriela.queiroz@upe.br.
Diana Santana de AlbuquerqueFaculdade de Odontologia de Pernambuco, Universidade de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Luís Freire, 700-Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, 50740-540, Brazil.
Universidade de Pernambuco · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this systematic review was to analyze the influence of occlusal reduction on the postoperative pain levels after endodontic treatment (instrumentation and obturation of the root canal system). This review followed the PRISMA statement and was registered at PROSPERO (CRD42018107918). Two independent reviewers searched the Lilacs, Cochrane Library, PubMed (Medline), Web of Science, Scopus, Scielo, and ScienceDirect for articles published until April 2021. The research question was, "Does occlusal reduction decrease postoperative pain in endodontically treated teeth?". Only randomized clinical trials were included. The RevMan 5 program was used for meta-analysis, calculating the relative risk (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of the dichotomous outcome (presence or absence of pain). The search strategies retrieved 4114 studies. Twelve studies were included for qualitative analysis and nine for quantitative analysis. The meta-analysis results did not reveal a significant difference in the reduction of postoperative pain levels for endodontic instrumentation at 6, 12, 24, 48 h and for endodontic obturation at 6 or 12 h after occlusal reduction. According to the GRADE tool, the analyzed outcome was classified as having a moderate level of certainty. It is concluded that occlusal reduction does not interfere with postoperative pain levels after endodontic treatment.

Indexed as

Occlusal AdjustmentHumansPain ManagementPostoperative PainRoot Canal ObturationTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID34234168
PMCPMC8263790
OpenAlexW3177538717

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