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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Is Intracanal Cryotherapy Effective in Reducing Postoperative Endodontic Pain? An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.

Amal Almohaimede, Ebtissam Al-Madi

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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Evaluation of Post-Endodontic Pain Reduction Using Intracanal Cryotherapy in Symptomatic Apical Periodontitis.Australian endodontic journal : the journal of the Australian Society of Endodontology Inc · 2025
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amal AlmohaimedeDepartment of Restorative Dental Sciences, Endodontic Division, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-8716-5048
Ebtissam Al-MadiDepartment of Restorative Dental Sciences, Endodontic Division, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-9758-7757
King Saud University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This research aimed to assess the potency of intracanal cold therapy in diminishing postoperative endodontic pain. PubMed, Scopus, the Cochrane Library, EMBASE, the Web of Science, grey literature, and endodontic journals were used to identify randomized controlled clinical trials evaluating postoperative pain after a final irrigation with a cold irrigant (as an experimental group) and a room temperature irrigant (as a control group). The risk of bias was rated according to the Cochrane Collaboration's tool and the Grading Recommendation Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system was used to estimate the evidence quality. For the meta-analysis, a random effects model was utilized. The qualitative analysis contained 16 studies and the quantitative analysis contained 9 studies. The experimental groups showed a reduction in postoperative pain at 6 h (mean difference (MD) = -1.11;

Indexed as

CryotherapyPostoperative PainHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as Topiccold therapycryotherapyendodontic painintracanal cryotherapy

Identifiers

PMID34831517
PMCPMC8621421
OpenAlexW3213911643

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