Title

Analysis of postoperative pain after single versus multiple-visit root canal treatment in molars

Authors

Priyatam Karade¹, Jasmine Marwaha²*, Shrutika Jadhav³, Deepankar Dass⁴, Mohd Ahmed Ali Khan⁵ & Anisha Dandapat⁶

Affiliation

¹Department of conservative dentistry and endodontics, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed To Be University) Dental College and Hospital, Sangli 416 414, Maharashtra, India; ²Department of Conservative dentistry and Endodontics, National Dental College and Hospital, Mohali-140507, India; ³Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, DY Patil Dental School Lohegao , Pune, Maharashtra, India; ⁴Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Maharshi Markendeshwar College of Dental Sciences & Research, Mullana, Haryana, India; ⁵Department of Conservative dentistry and endodontics, Rungta college of dental science and research, Chattisgarh, India; ⁶Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT Deemed To Be University, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Priyatam Karade - E-mail: drpriyatamkarade@gmail.com
Jasmine Marwaha - E-mail: drjasminemarwaha@gmail.com
Shrutika Jadhav - E-mail: foryourofficialwork@gmail.com
Deepankar Dass - E-mail: deepankardass87@gmail.com
Mohd Ahmed Ali Khan - E-mail: alikhan3548@gmail.com
Anisha Dandapat - E-mail: anishadandapatanisha123@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received November 15, 2025; Revised December 15, 2025; Accepted December 15, 2025, Published December 15, 2025

Abstract

The number of visits to root canal treatment is still controversial especially on postoperative pain in molars. Therefore, it is of interest to compare pain outcome of single-visit and multiple-visit root canal treatments in 120 cases of molar root of a tooth. The intensity of pain was measured throughout 7 days with the help of the Visual Analog Scale, analgesic use and treatment success was also measured. Single-visit cases depicted a small difference in pain at 6 hours, but not after and the same level of success at 6 months. Single and multiple visit treatment offer similar postoperative comfort and superior clinical outcomes.

Keywords

Endodontics, postoperative pain, root canal treatment, single-visit, multiple-visit, molars, visual analog scale

Citation

Karade et al. Bioinformation 21(12): 4849-4854 (2025)

Edited by

Hiroj Bagde

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.