Int J Stomatol

Int J Stomatol ›› 2026, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (1): 76-83.doi: 10.7518/gjkq.2026202

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Comfort therapy in cariology and endodontics

Xutong Hou(),Guimin Li,Ling Ye,Chenglin Wang()   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Dept. of Cariology and Endodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Received:2024-07-16 Revised:2025-02-28 Online:2026-01-01 Published:2025-12-31
  • Contact: Chenglin Wang E-mail:hxtong1113@126.com;wxonet@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Sichuan Natural Science Foundation Project(2024NSFSC0551);Exploration and Creation Project of West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University(LCYJ2019-18)

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Abstract:

Discomfort symptoms, such as pain, during the progression and treatment of oral diseases often lead to fear in patients, which delays treatment and is not conducive to oral and systemic health. Cariology and endodontics is a common disease that has obvious pain-related characteristics, and its treatment plays an important role in oral clinical practice. Oral comfort therapy improves patients’ treatment experience by reducing pain and fear and presents a personalized plan when dealing with such disease. The program includes sedation, anesthesia, minimally invasive treatment, computer-assisted technique, etc. This review focuses on the applications of oral comfort therapy in cariology and endodontics and discusses how treatments open up a new path for diagnosis and clinical management. With the improvement of patients’ expectations for medical experience and the progress of science and technology, the comfortable treatment of cariology and endodontics will have a broad development prospect.

Key words: comfort therapy, cariology and endodontics, sedation, anesthesia, root canal therapy, guided en- dodontics

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