Assessment of Endodontic Emergency Care in a COVID-19 Pandemic

Year 2022, Volume: 23 Issue: 4, 435 - 441, 30.12.2022

Selen Nihal Sisli , Cemre Koç , Ceren Efe Sayın , Kamran Gülşahı

Abstract

Objective: This study compared the aerosol-generating and non-aerosolgenerating endodontic emergency procedures’ success and assessed the outcome of endodontic treatments initiated before a pandemic but could not be completed in the targeted time.
Materials and Methods: Emergency treatments were performed according to symptoms of teeth. Treatment success or failure was determined according to patients whether not re-referral with untimely pain. Short-term outcome and complications arising from teeth, which endodontic treatments were prolonged were also recorded. A chi-square test was used in the statistical analysis, and p<0.05 was considered significant.
Results: The aerosol-generating procedure group’s success rate was 86.2%, while it was 70.0% in the non-aerosol generating procedure group (p=0.050). The shortterm survival rate of teeth was 83.7% in patients whose endodontic treatment had been prolonged.
Conclusion: Considering the pros and cons, each emergency patient should be evaluated case-by-case.

Keywords

Aerosols, SARS-CoV-2, emergencies, endodontics, pulpitis

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