EVALUATION OF SINGLE AND MULTIPLE VISIT ROOT CANAL THERAPY: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL CASES

The purpose of this case report series was to evaluate the radiographic healing of teeth with periradicular disease treated in single-visit or multiple-visits with an interappointment dressing of Ca(OH) 2 . A randomization procedure allocated five teeth in single-visit treatment and five teeth in multiple-visit treatment in Hacettepe University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Endodontics. The medical histories of the patients were noncontributory and the patients were asymptomatic at the time of treatment. The cases were completed by the same endodontist and evaluated radiographically as long as two year by three months intervals. The patients reported no symptoms at the end of the first year in both groups. The results were similar to healing of periapical radiolucency between teeth that were treated in single-visit and multiple-visit with inclusion of Ca(OH) 2 . If the cleaning and shaping procedures are completed efficiently, good results may be observed in a single visit treatment.