Question · asked by 1 review

Single-visit root canal treatment vs Multiple-visit root canal treatment (two or more visits): Pain at 1 month

Population
People aged 10 years or above requiring root canal treatment; permanent teeth with completely formed apex and without internal resorption
Intervention
Single-visit root canal treatment
Comparison
Multiple-visit root canal treatment (two or more visits)
Outcome
Pain at 1 month

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Single-visit root canal treatment vs Multiple-visit root canal treatment (two or more visits)
Pain at 1 month · People aged 10 years or above requiring root canal treatment; permanent teeth with completely formed apex and without… · 1 month
Single versus multiple visits for endodontic treatment of permanent teeth (2022) · Cochrane All outcomes
One study (Dhyani 2022) reported pain at 1 month: 60 teeth (all vital at enrolment, mechanical NiTi), 0 events (no participant reported pain at 1 month); no meta-analysis1 study · 60 participantsGRADE not reported

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Single versus multiple visits for endodontic treatment of permanent teeth
2022 · Cochrane All outcomes
25 April 2022Not listedNot assessed

The same intervention and outcome, asked in another population or against another comparator.

How reviews are matched to this question

Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.