Eficácia dos equipamentos e das técnicas ultrassônicas mais utilizadas no tratamento endodôntico: revisão de literatura.

Abstract

Irrigation is one of the important stages of endodontic treatment, which consists of cleaning the root canal by chemical action, acting in areas that the file does not reach. There are several methods to perform endodontic irrigation, thus, this study has aimed to verify, through a literature review, the efficiency of equipment and ultrasonic techniques most used in irrigation during endodontic treatment. The research methodology in Google Scholar database, PubMed and Unicesumar Digital Library was used, with a period from 2011 to 2021. The descriptors used for the research were "endodontic irrigation", "ultrasonic irrigation", "endodontics", "irrigation techniques in endodontics" , "endodontic irrigation", "ultrasonic irrigation", "endodontics", "irrigation techniques in endodontics". Articles in Portuguese and English that addressed the proposed theme were included. It was found that even with the advancement of technology, conventional manual irrigation is still the most used by dentists. The use of ultrasonic irrigation promotes advantages such as the extension of cleaning to lateral canals. However, additional care must be taken, since its use can cause extravasation to the periapical region due to the force exerted by the device, in addition, it is contraindicated for patients using cardiac pacemakers due to the risk of interference.