Pain after root canal treatment and its assessment

When overfilling occurs, can the patient have pain on percussion and when chewing?

Translated version of the Turkish original

The likelihood is high, but it may subside over time. If the root canal treatment has been done very well, healing is possible; follow-up is needed.

Author of the original answer: Doç. Dr. İsmail Davut Çapar

Medical review of the Turkish original: 6 November 2026

Turkish answer published on this website: 6 November 2026

Translation published: 6 November 2026

The review date refers to the Turkish original; it does not indicate a separate medical review of the translation.

References

Relationship between unintentional canal overfilling and the long-term outcome of primary root canal treatments and nonsurgical retreatments: a retrospective radiographic assessment. (2020) · PMID: 31454090 — Retrospective long-term radiographic follow-up of 220 overfilled treatments, with healing observed; it does not measure the frequency of percussion/chewing pain or spontaneous symptom resolution. ↗