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Others found no significant differences in the post-obturation pain experienced by patients following single or multiple visit treatment procedures [ 4].
However, single visit endodontic therapy has been shown to be a safe and effective alternative to multiple visit treatment, especially in communities where patients default after the first appointment at which pain is relieved.
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Some clinicians have suggested multiple-visit treatment when in doubt.
The chairside time for single-visit treatment was shorter than multiple-visit treatment.
Some dentists believe performing multiple-visit treatment has a higher success rate than single visit [ 5].
This study found no significant difference in postoperative pain between the single-visit and multiple-visit treatment groups.
The success rate and prevalence of postoperative pain of single-visit or multiple-visit treatment had no significant difference.
This lack of difference suggests that single-visit treatment is an acceptable alternative to the conventional multiple-visit treatment when post-obturation discomfort is the concern.
If the patient can endure a longer treatment procedure, then single-visit endodontic treatment is generally considered to be more comfortable and efficient than multiple-visit treatment.
There was not significant different on prevalence of postoperative pain after 1 week and after at least 18 months between single-visit and multiple-visit treatment.
Practically, quite a number of dentists who subjectively preferred multiple-visit treatment on account of the better success rate and reduced postoperative pain were not justified by this study [ 6].
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