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Review
. 2019 Sep-Oct;12(5):453-459.
doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1654.

Clinical Efficacy of Single-visit Pulpectomy over Multiple-visit Pulpectomy in Primary Teeth: A Systematic Review

Sunny P Tirupathi  1 , Nirmala Krishna  2 , Srinitya Rajasekhar  2 , Sivakumar Nuvvula  2
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Review

Clinical Efficacy of Single-visit Pulpectomy over Multiple-visit Pulpectomy in Primary Teeth: A Systematic Review

Sunny P Tirupathi et al. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2019 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this systematic review was to compare the efficacy of single-visit pulpectomy (SVP) vs multiple-visit pulpectomy (MVP) in infected primary teeth.

Materials and methods: An extensive literature search in the English language was conducted in PICO format using MeSH terms using databases (PubMed, EBSCO, Ovid, and Cochrane) and pre-specified inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied to identify relevant studies comparing pulpectomy in single and multiple visits.

Results: Only 4 studies (3-in vivo clinical study; 1-in vivo microbial study) sustained the final analysis and were included for critical appraisal. Results of the systematic search revealed that there are only a few studies comparing the efficacy of single-visit pulpectomy vs multiple-visit pulpectomy in infected primary teeth.

Conclusion: On the basis of the available studies, evidence favors the SVP protocol over the MVP protocol. Whenever possible the single-visit protocol can be preferred over the multiple-visit protocol. The quality of evidence available is low.

How to cite this article: Tirupathi SP, Krishna N, Rajasekhar S, et al. Clinical Efficacy of Single-visit Pulpectomy over Multiple-visit Pulpectomy in Primary Teeth: A Systematic Review. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2019;12(5):453-459.

Keywords: Efficacy; Primary teeth; Pulpectomy; Visits.

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Source of support: Nil Conflict of interest: None

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