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Trial reportEuropean endodontic journal2022

Postoperative Pain After Using Reciprocating Motion with Reciproc Files Versus Adaptive Motion with Twisted File Adaptive in Instrumentation of Necrotic Mandibular Molars: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Ahmed Yaser, Hebatallah Mohamed Maged Elfar, Ghada El Hilaly Mohamed Eid

Open access · diamondAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in European endodontic journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 49% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ahmed YaserDepartment of Endodontics, Cairo University, Faculty of Dentistry, Giza, Egypt.
Hebatallah Mohamed Maged ElfarDepartment of Endodontics, Cairo University, Faculty of Dentistry, Giza, Egypt.
Ghada El Hilaly Mohamed EidDepartment of Endodontics, Cairo University, Faculty of Dentistry, Giza, Egypt.
Cairo University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe objective of the present study was to assess the effect of using Reciproc (RC), (VDW GmbH, Munich, Germany) files with reciprocating motion versus Twisted File Adaptive (TFA, Kerr, Orange, California, USA) system with adaptive motion on post-instrumentation and post-obturation pain of necrotic mandibular molars.

methodsFifty-eight patients with mandibular molar assessed at 3 intervals; 6, 12 and, 24 hrs. Mann Whitney U and Friedman test was used for data analysis, and the significance level was set to (P≤0.05).

resultsThere was no statistically significant difference in the mean values of post-instrumentation pain at each time interval for the RC and TFA groups (P>0.05). Pain decreased in each group with a statistically significant difference from preoperative condition to all six post-instrumentation time intervals (P<0.001). In each group, post-instrumentation mean pain values at 6, 12, and 24 hrs were higher than post-obturation pain values at 6, 12, and 24 hrs with a statistically significant difference (P<0.001).

conclusionTFA and RC had a similar impact on post-instrumentation and post-obturation pain. The post-instrumentation pain was higher than post-obturation pain in both groups.

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MolarRoot Canal PreparationDental InstrumentsHumansMotionPostoperative Pain

Identifiers

PMID35353061
PMCPMC9035854
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