Assessment of periapical health is important for the diagnosis, treatment planning and evaluation endodontic outcome. Radiographic status teeth most common modality used assessing condition. Therefore, different radiographic indexes have been developed, which are widely in clinical epidemiological studies. With advances imaging, three-dimensional imaging techniques using cone beam computed tomo...

With dawn of era of minimal intervention in dentistry, surgical management of periapical lesions become controversial. Non-surgical or conservative management of periapical lesions not only cause less trauma to the tissues, but also promote faster and less eventful healing. This paper presents successful management of a periapical lesion in a 14 year old male child with calcium hydroxide paste ...

Periapical surgery aims to remove periapical pathology to achieve complete wound healing and regeneration of bone and periodontal tissue. Platelet rich fibrin (PRF) is a wonderful tissue engineering product and has gained much popularity due to its promising results in wound healing by bone induction. The features of this product are an attribute of platelet cells, which, after cellular interac...

Epidemiology is the study of disease distribution and factors determining or affecting it. Likewise, endodontic epidemiology can be defined as the science of studying the distribution pattern and determinants of pulp and periapical diseases; specially apical periodontitis. Although different study designs have been used in endodontics, researchers must pay more attention to study designs with h...

INTRODUCTION A significant number of endodontically treated teeth restored with posts have associated periapical lesions, and several authors have discussed the probable causes of the development of these. Attention has been focused on restorative procedures performed after endodontic treatment and their association with the prognosis of endodontic therapy because a number of root-filled teeth ...

Ultrasonography as an imaging modality in dentistry has been extensively explored in recent years due to several advantages that diagnostic ultrasound provides. It is a non-invasive, inexpensive, painless method and unlike X-ray, it does not cause harmful ionizing radiation. Ultrasound has a promising future as a diagnostic imaging tool in all specialties in dentistry, for both hard and soft ti...

Background and Aim: The main goal of root canal treatment is to prevent or treat apical periodontitis. The aim of the present study was to assess the coronal restoration status, root canal filling quality, periapical health condition, and related factors in endodontically treated teeth at the Dental Faculty of Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, in 2011-12. Materials and...