Clinical observation of two different root canal methods in the treatment of cracked teeth with Pulpitis.

Objective To observe the clinical efficacies of using one-visit root canal therapy(RCT) and several-visit RCT in the treatment of cracked teeth with pulpitis.Methods A total of 172 cracked teeth with pulpitis which needed root canal treatment were divided into two groups at random.Patients in Group A were treated with one-visit RCT,and patients in group B were treated with several-visit RCT.Both of them were treated with Cortisomol and gutta-percha points.Results After a week,the pain incidence rate of Group A was 10.23%,while that of Group B was 8.33%,with no significantly different between the two groups.One year later,the achievement ratio of Group A was 92.04%,higher than that of Group B,but the difference was not significant.Conclusion Compared with several-visit root canal therapy,one-visit root canal therapy in the treatment of cracked teeth with pulpitis is effective and was recommended.