Nonsurgical Clinical Management of Periapical Lesions Using Calcium Hydroxide-Iodoform-Silicon-Oil Paste

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Healing of periapical lesion is achieved in 60 days with mild to moderate pain. (a) Patients showed most frequent healing after 60 days of treatment; the second frequent complete healing was after 90 days. Longest healing time was 120 days posttreatment. (b) Mild pain was described by 40% patients after treatment. However, lesser pain description and scale were reported of about 40%. Moderate pain with a scale of four was described by 20% of patients. (c) Analgesics were required by 80% of the patients in the first 3 days. After 5 days none of the patients needed a medication for pain relief.

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