Journal article
Clinical Outcome of Teeth Treated Endodontically with a Nonstandardized Protocol and Root Filled with Resilon
Journal of Endodontics, Vol.33(11), pp.1290-1292
2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2007.07.003
PMID: 17963948
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of root canal treatment in private practice and filled with Resilon. Immediate postoperative radiographs were compared to follow-up radiographs of at least 1 year in 82 randomly selected primary endodontic cases treated according to a nonstandardized protocol but root-filled with Resilon. The Periapical Index (PAI) and the Clinical Impression of Healing (CIH) quantification procedures were used to determine the status and change in the condition of the teeth. The PAI evaluation revealed that 90% of the teeth that were healthy at the initial reading (PAI, 1or 2) maintained the condition at follow-up evaluation. Of those teeth that were unhealthy (PAI, 3–5) at the initial reading, 73.3% were judged healthy (50%) or improved (23.3) at the last evaluation. In contrast, the proportion of healthy or healing with the CIH evaluation was 89.4%. The findings of this study support the contention that regardless of treatment protocol, healing rates for Resilon-filled teeth in private practice were within the range of success rates for studies with uniform treatment techniques mostly in university settings with gutta-percha root filling.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Clinical Outcome of Teeth Treated Endodontically with a Nonstandardized Protocol and Root Filled with Resilon
- Creators
- Deborah A Conner - Private practice, Durham, North CarolinaDaniel J Caplan - Department of Dental Ecology, School of Dentistry, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North CarolinaFabricio B Teixeira - Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North CarolinaMartin Trope - Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of Endodontics, Vol.33(11), pp.1290-1292
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.joen.2007.07.003
- PMID
- 17963948
- ISSN
- 0099-2399
- eISSN
- 1878-3554
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2007
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Endodontics
- Record Identifier
- 9983917771402771
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