Title

Anxiety among patients with single versus multiple visits for root canal treatment

Authors

G. Saicharan^1*, Joel Mathew², Renjith Madhavan³, J.S. Ajeesha Nair⁴, Sonam Dubey⁵ & Udipta Sahoo⁶

Affiliation

¹Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Mahe Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Chalakkara, Pallor, Mahe - 673 310 U.T of Puducherry, Mahe, India; ²Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Mar Baselios Dental College, Thankalam P.O, Kothamangalam, Kerala -686691, India; ³Department of Periodontology, Century International Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Center, Poinachi, Thekkil Kasaragod - 671541 Kerala, India; ⁴Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Century International Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Center, Poinachi Thekkil Kasaragod - 671541 Kerala, India; ⁵Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Senior resident at Graphic Era institute of medical science, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India; ⁶Department of Dentistry, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India; *Corresponding author

Email

G Saicharan - E-mail: saicharan81@gmail.com
Joel Mathew - E-mail: drjoelmathew@gmail.com
Renjith Madhavan - E-mail: drrenjithmds@gmail.com
JS Ajeesha Nair - E-mail: ajeesha.nair@gmail.com
Sonam Dubey - E-mail: dr.sonamdubey459@gmail.com
Udipta Sahoo - E-mail: sahooudipta2000@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received June 1, 2025; Revised June 30, 2025; Accepted June 30, 2025, Published June 30, 2025

Abstract

RCT treatment makes patients feel nervous often and the option to do the procedure in one session or divided across multiple visits affects both patients' peace of mind during the process and the treatment results. The investigators split 60 individuals with irreversible pulpitis into two groups that received RCT as one continuous session or performed across several visits. Patients who had single-visit treatment experienced greater anxiety decrease from 18.6 points to 11.2 points whereas patients receiving multiple sessions showed less significant anxiety reduction from 19.1 points to 13.7 points. Single-visit RCT led to lower pain scores in patients compared to multiple-visit RCT at one week yet success rates between both groups remained similar at 93% versus 90% (p>0.05). Patient anxiety improved better after single-visit RCT procedures despite achieving comparable treatment outcomes.

Keywords

Single-visit root canal therapy, Multiple-visit RCT, patient anxiety, irreversible pulpitis, endodontic outcomes, pain assessment, treatment success rate.

Citation

Saicharan et al. Bioinformation 21(6): 1563-1566 (2025)

Edited by

Hiroj Bagde MDS, (PhD), PGDCR, PGDHHM, PGDL, PGDM

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.