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Authors
Affiliation
Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, People's College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, People's University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author
Shriya Mitna - E-mail: shriya.mitna21@gmail.com
Santosh Kumar Singh - E-mail: santoshsingh37@gmail.com
Yashwani Jain - E-mail: yashwanijain225@gmail.com
Kapil Malviya - E-mail: iamkapil17@gmail.com
Sakshi Agrawal - E-mail: sakshiagrawal299@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Abstract
Post-operative pain after root canal treatment is still a common clinical issue that can make patients less comfortable and less likely to accept endodontic therapy. Therefore, it is of interest to assess post-operative pain associated with five distinct root canal sealers bioactive glass-based, bioceramic-based, calcium hydroxide–based, resin-based and zinc oxide eugenol-based-using single-rooted premolars exhibiting symptomatic apical periodontitis. Hence, a total of 135 patients were randomly assigned to five groups (n = 27) and pain was measured using the visual analog scale at different time points after surgery. Bioactive glass-based sealers had the lowest pain scores after surgery, while zinc oxide eugenol-based sealers had higher pain levels in the first few days after surgery. Over time, pain levels decreased slowly across all groups. Thus, bioactive sealers may help reduce pain immediately after root canal treatment.
Keywords
Bioactive glass sealer; post-operative pain; root canal treatment; endodontic sealers; visual analog scale (VAS)
Citation
Mitna et al. Bioinformation 22(4): 2079-2082 (2026)
Edited by
Vini Mehta
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
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.
