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What is Root Canal?
Root canal is endodontic therapy that involves a sequence of treatment for the pulp of a tooth whose end result is the elimination of infection and protection of the decontaminated tooth from future microbial invasion.
Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness
| Perceived Effectiveness | |||||||
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| Purpose | # of patients | # of patients with evaluations | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
| Tooth pain | 3 | 1 |
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| Toothache | 1 | 0 | |||||
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Reported Side Effects
Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Root Canal
| Facial pain | 1 | |
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| Facial neuralgia | 1 | |
| Hospitalization | 1 |
Reported Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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| Not indicated | 5 |  |
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| Did not seem to work | 1 | |
Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼
Stopped Having Root Canal
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| 0-1 month | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6 months-1year | 1-2 years | 2 years or more |
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Adherence
Taking treatment as prescribed
Adherence of Root Canal
Always |
1 | 100% |
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Usually |
0 | 0% |
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Sometimes |
0 | 0% |
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Never |
0 | 0% |
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Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of Root Canal
Very |
1 | 100% |
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Somewhat |
0 | 0% |
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A little |
0 | 0% |
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Not at all |
0 | 0% |
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Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of Root Canal
$200+ |
0 | 0% |
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$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
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$50-99 |
0 | 0% |
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$25-49 |
0 | 0% |
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< $25 |
0 | 0% |
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