Clinical evaluation of one-visit root canal therapy
YANG Junxing,GAO Hui,WANG Dongmei,and XIAO Hui,Department of Stomatology,the Third Hospital of Beijing Municipal Corps,Chinese People’s Armed Police Forces,Beijing 100141,China
Abstract：Objective To evaluate the clinical effect of one-visit root canal therapy against multi-visit treatment, and to provide evidence for clinical application in other hospitals. Methods 220 patients from the Department of Stomatology were randomly divided into two groups. The trial group (n=116) underwent one-visit root canal treatment while the control group (n=104) was treated by multi-visit. Cortisomol was prepared for root canal filling in both groups. Results The overall percentage of successful root filling was 87.9% in trial group and 91.3% in control group. There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups. Conclusions The one-visit root canal therapy reduces the number of visits and cost of treatment. The clinical effect between one-visit and multi-visit therapies shows no significant difference. One-visit root canal therapy effectively reduces absences of daily training in the troops, worthy of popularization in clinical practice.
2012, Vol. 23 
