Common irrigants used by pediatric dentists for permanent molar root canal therapy

Abstract

Common irrigants used by pediatric dentists for permanent molar root canal therapy Maintenance of the deciduous teeth before exfoliation is necessary. The two most common oral diseases are caries and periodontal disease, and they often begin in childhood. Root canal treatment is the best treatment of choice for extensively carious teeth. Endodontic therapy with proper biomechanical preparation, irrigation, and obturation helps in removing the bacte-rial biofilm and preventing the loss of primary carious teeth. To effectively clean and disinfect the root canal, remove the smear layer, and irrigants are necessary. The main objective of the present study is to know the common irrigants used by pediatric dentists for permanent molar root canal therapy.All the cases reported in Jun 2019 to Mar 2020 for permanent molar RCT in pediatric patients, was chosen for the study. Information was collected from the dental hospital management system, and the result data was tabulated in excel and imported to SPSS for correlation and association. P<0.05 was considered to be the level of statistical significance in this study. The result-Within the limits of the present study the results obtained are, saline is the most preferred root canal irrigant in both single(53%) and multi-visit RCT(63%) with female preference in single visit RCT and equal gender preference of saline in multi-visit RCT and most commonly preferred in the age group of 11 to 14 years in both single and multi-visit root canal therapy. The knowledge about the proper choice of root canal irrigant will help in the canal disinfection and paves the way for the success of endodontic therapy.