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Methods: Patients diagnosed with irreversible pulpitis (n = 73), treated in a single visit by the same operator, were categorized based on the obturation material used (AH Plus, TotalFill BC Sealer, and TotalFill BC RRM) and whether intracanal cryotherapy (20 mL of sterile saline at 4 \u00b0C for 5 min) was applied. Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scores obtained from patient follow-up forms at 24, 48, and 72 h were evaluated. Results: Cryotherapy (+) groups showed consistently lower pain scores at all time points compared with cryotherapy (\u2212) groups (p &lt; 0.001). Within the cryotherapy (+) groups, both TotalFill BC Sealer and TotalFill BC RRM exhibited significantly lower pain scores than AH Plus at 48 h (p &lt; 0.05). In the cryotherapy (\u2212) groups, TotalFill BC Sealer showed significantly lower pain scores on the third postoperative day (p &lt; 0.05). Conclusions: Intracanal cryotherapy may serve as an effective adjunctive technique associated with lower early postoperative pain scores. Material-related differences became evident at 48 and 72 h, suggesting that obturation material selection may influence postoperative pain patterns and patient comfort during the later postoperative period.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15103899","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,19]],"date-time":"2026-05-19T07:35:43Z","timestamp":1779176143000},"page":"3899","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Cryotherapy-Driven Modulation of Postoperative Pain in Single-Visit Endodontic Treatment Across Different Obturation Materials: A Retrospective Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3664-3089","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kaan","family":"Il\u0131cal\u0131","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Lema Private Dental Clinic, 34290 Istanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2145-5859","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ahter","family":"\u015eanal \u00c7\u0131kman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, 53100 Rize, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4514-8132","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"\u00d6zge","family":"Ba\u015far","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Adnan Menderes University, 09100 Ayd\u0131n, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"429","DOI":"10.1016\/j.joen.2010.12.016","article-title":"Pain Prevalence and Severity before, during, and after Root Canal Treatment: A Systematic Review","volume":"37","author":"Pak","year":"2011","journal-title":"J. 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