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Braz Dent Sci 2024 Jan/Mar;27 (1): e4060
Moraes et al.
Influence of root canal sealer composition on postoperative pain after endodontic treatment of permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta-analyses
Moraes et al. Influence of root canal sealer composition on postoperative
pain after endodontic treatment of permanent teeth: a
systematic review and meta-analyses
Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis
(PRISMA) statement [17] and was registered in
the PROSPERO database (CRD42020211297).
Eligibility criteria
The inclusion criteria was outlined according
to the Population, Interventions, Comparisons,
Outcomes, and Studies. The articles should
answer the following PICOS, as follow:
(P) Population included patients undergoing
nonsurgical root canal treatment in
permanent teeth;
(I) Intervention included root canal lling with
AH Plus sealer with or without extrusion;
(C) Comparison included root canal filling
with other types of sealer with or without
extrusion;
(O) Outcome included postoperative pain after
root canal treatment;
(S) Study design included randomized controlled
trials (RCTs).
Exclusion criteria
Duplicated articles, pilot studies, literature
reviews, editorial letters, book chapters, theses
and guidelines were excluded.
Search strategy and study selection
An electronic search was conducted to
identify relevant articles. No restrictions were
imposed on the dates. Studies published in
English, Portuguese and Spanish were included.
The following databases were searched until
September 29, 2021: PubMed, Scopus, Web
of Science, Cochrane, LILACS, and OpenGrey.
In addition, MeSH terms, synonyms, and free
terms were used and combined to refine the
search results, as presented in Table I. Experts
were contacted to identify related unpublished
and ongoing studies. The records were exported
to Mendeley (Mendeley Ltd., UK, England);
duplicates were considered only once.
Before analyzing the selected abstracts, a
Kappa test was conducted to evaluate agreement
among evaluators (10% of the publications
were randomly selected). Subsequently, their
classifications were compared, resulting in a
kappa statistic of 0.90. All potentially relevant
publications were selected by reading the titles
and abstracts by two independent reviewers
(VM and SM). Any differences between them
were resolved by consensus with the third
author (LSA). Studies without abstracts were
also assessed for inclusion. Subsequently, the
full texts of all potentially eligible studies were
accessed; inclusion and exclusion criteria were
then applied. Any other disagreements were
resolved by consensus with the senior reviewer
(LSA). Additionally, the reference lists of the
included studies were manually searched to
retrieve all eligible articles.
Data extraction
Data were extracted by two independent
authors (VM and SM) and organized as follows:
1. First author, year of publication;
2. Sample (sample size, gender, tooth type,
tooth diagnosis);
3. Endodontic treatment (irrigation,
instrumentation, number of sessions,
obturation technique, type of sealer);
4. Preoperative symptoms;
5. Pain assessment (pain scale, period in hours,
and analgesic intake);
6. Postoperative symptoms;
7. Results.
Risk of bias
The RoB2 tool was used for assessing the
risk of bias (RoB) of the selected RCTs [18].
Two authors (LSG and SM) independently
assessed the RoB of the included studies in a
duplicate manner. Disagreements were resolved
by consensus with the senior reviewer (LSA).
If relevant data were missing, the authors were
contacted. The sources of bias assessed were
the randomization process, deviations from the
intended intervention, missing outcome data,
measurement of the outcome, and selection of
the reported result. Each domain was classied
as having low (+), high (x), or some concerns (-)
RoB. A study was considered to have an overall
high RoB if judged to be at high RoB in at least
one domain or judged to have “some concerns”
for multiple domains in a way that substantially
lowers confidence in the result. A study was
considered to have an overall some concerns RoB
if judged to be at “some concerns” in at least one
domain. Finally, a study was considered to have