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Trial reportIranian endodontic journal2023

Postoperative Endodontic Pain after Treatment Using XP-endo Finisher: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Leonardo Alexandre Fernandes, Cristiane Flaviana de Sousa Santos, Vania Portela Ditzel Westphalen, Ulisses Xavier da Silva Neto, Everdan Carneiro

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Trial report in Iranian endodontic journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Leonardo Alexandre FernandesGraduate Program, Dentistry Course, Life Sciences School, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Cristiane Flaviana de Sousa SantosGraduate Program, Dentistry Course, Life Sciences School, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Vania Portela Ditzel WestphalenGraduate Program, Dentistry Course, Life Sciences School, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Ulisses Xavier da Silva NetoGraduate Program, Dentistry Course, Life Sciences School, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Everdan CarneiroGraduate Program, Dentistry Course, Life Sciences School, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: This randomized clinical trial aimed to determine whether the XP-endo finisher combined with or without foraminal enlargement has any significant effect on the incidence and intensity of postoperative pain in necrotic pulps. Materials and Methods: Clinical pain levels were measured after 6, 12, 24, 48, and 72 hours and at 7 postoperative days. All treatments were performed by an endodontist in a single visit. One hundred and twenty patients were included. All patients had a single tooth treated. The patients were divided into four groups: No FE (None Foraminal Enlargement) ( Results: The XPF+FE group experienced a higher level of pain, being classified on the visual analog scale as moderate for 48 postoperative hours and mild for 7 postoperative days ( Conclusions: Foraminal enlargement associated with XP-endo Finisher may cause moderate postoperative pain.

Indexed as

Foramen EnlargementPostoperative PainPulp NecrosisSodium HypochloriteXP-endo Finisher Instrument

Identifiers

PMID37431528
PMCPMC10329762
OpenAlexW4383872610

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