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ReviewInternational journal of clinical pediatric dentistry2024

Flare-ups in Primary Teeth Before, During, and After Pulpectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

M Srinivas Moudgalya, Parimala Kulkarni, Shilpi Tiwari, Shikha Mali, Anoop Kumar Shrivas, Shubhrata Shrivastava

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M Srinivas MoudgalyaDepartment of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, People's College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Parimala KulkarniDepartment of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, People's College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Shilpi TiwariDepartment of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, People's College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Shikha MaliDepartment of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, People's College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Anoop Kumar ShrivasDepartment of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, People's College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Shubhrata ShrivastavaDepartment of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Rishiraj College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.

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Abstract

To determine the pain prevalence and severity of flare-ups associated with before, during, and after pulpectomy procedure in children through systematic review and meta-analysis. Pain associated with root canal is a crucial source of fear for patients (especially child patients) and an important concern of dentists. Pain experienced at pretreatment, during treatment, and posttreatment is foreseen and recalled by child patients. A hand search of relevant journals and defined searching of Medline/PubMed, Cochrane, and EBSCOhost databases identified 2,635 articles reporting flare-ups at different intervals. After further filtering and applying inclusion criteria, three articles were identified for meta-analysis. From three recognized articles in the pretreatment phase, 51.2% of cases reported flare-ups; during treatment, there were 19.8% of cases; and in the posttreatment phase, 100% success rate was seen (i.e., no flares were present). The three included studies were heterogeneous according to How to cite this article: Moudgalya MS, Kulkarni P, Tiwari S,

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Flare-ups in primary teethPostobturation complications in primary teethPostoperative pain after pulpectomy

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