ReviewRestorative dentistry & endodontics2023
Effect of endodontic sealer on postoperative pain: a network meta-analysis.
Review in Restorative dentistry & endodontics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Effect of occlusal reduction on post-operative pain of symptomatic and asymptomatic molar teeth.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2025Trial
- Bioceramic versus conventional endodontic sealers: An umbrella review.Journal of conservative dentistry and endodontics · 2026Review
- Post-Operative Pain After Endodontic Instrumentation, Irrigation and Obturation: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews Published from 2016 to 2025.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Silicone vs. Silicon/Silica in Intraoral Healing: A Systematic Review.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Evaluation of Postoperative Pain Frequency in Single-Session Endodontic Treatments With Patency and Foraminal Enlargement.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2026Article
- Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes of Root Canal Obturation with Hydraulic Condensation and Tricalcium Silicate Bioceramic Sealer: A 12-Month Observational Study on Periapical Healing.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2025Article
- An Observational Study on Pain Occurrence After Root Canal Treatment: Role of Operator Experience When Using a Bioceramic Sealer.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Evidence synthesis of postoperative pain with bioceramic vs. epoxy resin sealers: umbrella review of randomized trials within existing systematic reviews.Frontiers in dental medicine · 2025Review
- Comparative evaluation of postoperative pain and periapical healing after root canal treatment using three different endodontic sealers: A randomized controlled clinical trial.Journal of conservative dentistry and endodontics · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
This systematic review and network meta-analysis aimed to answer the following focused research question: "Does the type of endodontic sealer affect the postoperative pain in patients who received endodontic treatment?" Different databases and grey literature were surveyed. Only one randomized controlled trial were included. The risk of bias in the studies was evaluated by using the Cochrane Collaboration's tool. A random-effects meta-analysis was conducted to compare the risk and intensity of postoperative pain. The quality of the body of evidence was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation approach. Out of 11,601 studies, 15 remained for qualitative analyses and 12 for meta-analysis. Seven studies were classified at high risk of bias, and 8 studies raised some concerns. No significant differences between the endodontic materials were observed in the direct comparisons, both in risk and in intensity of postoperative pain (pairwise comparisons with 2 studies: I Trial Registration: PROSPERO Identifier: CRD42020215314.
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