APICAL PERIODONTITIS

This study tested whether a material made from a patient's own blood, called Leukocyte and Platelet-Rich Fibrin (L-PRF), could help bone and tissue heal better after surgery for a persistent tooth infection. It compared two different surgical techniques, with and without L-PRF, i…

This study tested whether using a larger cleaning size at the tip of a tooth's root leads to better healing after a special regenerative treatment for infected teeth. Researchers compared two different cleaning sizes in 36 adults with infected mature teeth to see which approach r…

This study tested whether using a special laser during a root canal could help reduce harmful inflammation in teeth with a chronic root infection. Researchers compared 58 patients who received the laser treatment to those who did not. The results showed the laser treatment was no…

This study tested if adding an injectable gel made from a patient's own blood (called i-PRF) to a standard root canal procedure could help control a chronic tooth infection. Researchers enrolled 60 patients with this infection and measured specific healing markers in fluid sample…

This study tested whether two advanced cleaning methods—using sound waves (sonic) or high-frequency vibrations (ultrasonic)—help infected tooth roots heal better than the standard needle rinse during a root canal. Researchers treated 42 adults with infected single-rooted teeth, r…

This study tested three different materials used to seal root canals to see if one causes less pain after the procedure and leads to better healing of the bone around the tooth root. 72 adults with a tooth infection received a standard root canal treatment and were randomly assig…

This small, early study tested a new procedure for treating dead, infected teeth. Doctors took healthy pulp tissue from a patient's wisdom tooth and placed it into the cleaned-out root canal of a dead tooth, along with concentrated growth factors from the patient's own blood. The…

This study tested whether a simpler, less invasive dental procedure called a full pulpotomy could work as well as a traditional root canal for treating severe tooth pain and inflammation. It involved 58 adults with painful, inflamed back teeth. Researchers also tested how accurat…

This study aimed to see if using lasers during a root canal procedure could reduce pain afterward compared to the standard cleaning method. It involved 45 patients with dead tooth nerves who were divided into groups to test different laser and cleaning combinations. Patients trac…

This study tested whether using special sonic tools or a laser during root canal treatment could reduce pain afterwards. 80 patients with a specific tooth infection but no pain received one of four cleaning methods. The results showed no significant difference in pain levels or p…

This study compared two antiseptic rinses used at the end of a single-visit root canal procedure to see which one better reduces pain in the first two days after treatment. 142 adults with a specific type of tooth infection received either an octenidine or a chlorhexidine rinse d…

This study aimed to understand if a chronic infection at the root of a tooth could affect the health of blood vessels. Researchers compared blood markers in 45 healthy adults, some with this tooth infection and some without, before and after standard dental treatment. The goal wa…