OBJECTIVES The aim was to determine the success rate of single visit root canal treatment (RCT) and thus encourage clinicians to offer this treatment option appropriately. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a longitudinal clinical study involving all teeth of the secondary dentition except third molars in the upper and lower jaws. Teeth having irreversible pulpitis, pulp necrosis or periapical pe...

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 antimicrobial efficacy of endodontic procedures performed in one-visit (including a 10-min intraappointment dressing with 5% iodine-potassium-iodide) was compared with a two-visit procedure (including an interappointment dressing with calcium-hydroxide paste). Teeth with apical periodontitis (n = 96) were randomly assigned to either group. Root canal sampling and culturing were performed be...

This study assessed the efficacy of a triple antibiotic paste in the disinfection of immature dog teeth with apical periodontitis. The canals were sampled before (S1) and after (S2) irrigation with 1.25% NaOCL and after dressing with a triple antibiotic paste (S3), consisting of metronidazole, ciprofloxacin, and minocycline. At S1, 100% of the samples cultured positive for bacteria with a mean ...

Periapical lesions are among the most frequent periodontal pathologies in human teeth, generally called apical periodontitis. Apical periodontitis is a continuation of the endodontic space infection and it is manifested as a response of the host defense against the microbial action. It may determine local inflammation, hard tissue resorption, destruction of other periapical tissues. The prelimi...

Aiming to assess the presence of selected anaerobic microorganisms in root canals of human teeth with chronic apical periodontitis. 25 central and lateral upper incisors presenting with radiographic evidence of chronic apical periodontitis were studied. The pulp chamber was opened under aseptic conditions and samples of the root canal content were collected with sterile absorbent paper points, ...

AIM (i) To discuss the possibility that dental infections in general, and endodontic infections (apical periodontitis) more specifically, may affect cardiovascular health, (ii) which preventive measures should be adopted during the treatment of endodontic infections for infective endocarditis (IE), and (iii) What should be the priorities for future research, in the light of the literature avail...

A 19-year-old female patient reported to the Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, with the chief complaint of food lodgment in her upper right and lower left back tooth. There was associated history of mild pain while bitting. Her medical and family history was noncontributory. Intra oral examination revealed a deep carious lesion with respect to the mandibular right second pre...

Periodontitis is characterized by a general inflammation of the tooth-supporting tissues, which leads to apical migration of the junctional epithelium along the root surface and progressive destruction of the periodontal ligament and the alveolar bone. Although the bacteria present within the subgingival dental biofilm constitute the primary etiologic agents of periodontitis, the host"s immune ...