OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the pulp healing process and the dentin-cementum complex in 51 endodontically treated human teeth after long observation periods and to correlate histologic observations with conventional periapical radiographic findings. STUDY DESIGN Specimens were obtained from the extraction of 77 treated teeth, which were deemed to be unrestorable, with ...

The aim of this study was to accomplish quantitative measurement of tissue levels of collagenases (MMP-1, 8 and 13) in chronic inflamed tissues (pulp and periapical lesions), as well as to determine the dependence between collagenase level and the degree of tissue destruction of examined material. Chronic periapical tissues were collected by periapical surgery from 50 teeth with clinically and ...

Background: Chronic apical periodontitis is potential infection with poor symptoms that are easily overlooked. Disease progession can lead to cellulitis, osteomyelitis, sinusitis, endocarditis, nephritis, arthritis, persistent fever and sepsis. In recent times, thanks advances in endodontic improving instruments, root canal antiseptics, techniques for shaping, obturation canals, treatment has a...

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of the quality of the coronal restoration and the root filling on the success of endodontic treatment. Patients treated at Kuwait University Dental Clinics (KUDC) from 2003 to 2014 were contacted by telephone calls. Demographic data and clinical records of patients, including age, gender, the tooth number, and medical history were recorded. Each pa...

BACKGROUND Osseous dysplasia (OD) is the most common fibro-osseous lesion of the jaw affecting the periapical region. Early stages of OD can resemble periapical radiolucencies, thus mimicking the radiological aspects of an endodontic pathology. Such radiolucent lesions affecting previously decayed or treated teeth are even more complex to interpret. CASE PRESENTATION The aim of this paper is ...

background: bone resorption is one of the main features of inflammatory periapical lesions and is mainly mediated by interleukin-1 beta (il-1β), tumor necrosis factoralpha (tnf-α) and prostaglandin-e2 (pge2). recent investigations of these lesions revealed that pharmacological modulation may be possible. objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of ibuprofen on il-1β, tnf-α an...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the success of dental implants placed immediately into extraction sites in the presence of chronic periapical pathology. MATERIALS AND METHODS The charts of 655 patients who had implants immediately placed into fresh extraction sites were reviewed for the presence or absence of periapical radiolucencies. A total of 922 implants were included. ...