AIM To study the 20-year survival rate and periapical status of root filled teeth in a Swedish population requiring high-cost dental care and to identify factors related to survival and normal periapical status at follow-up. METHODOLOGY The study population comprised 104 patients selected from four local health insurance districts with treatment plans including radiographs submitted for appro...

Background: Forensic odontology has a advance role in identifying deceased person using dental records. Because of the growing trend litigation around world, precise recording clinical operations become increasingly necessary. Objective: To see endodontic obturation radiographs have hidden function identification. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration Study: Dental OPD, Centra...

Among the odontogenic cysts, there are radicular cysts or also called periapical most common cyst. They develop at apex of a tooth with pulp necrosis, which may be consequence dental caries trauma. they asymptomatic, grow slowly, and discovered on routine radiographs. With proliferation ERM its activation, is an increase in osmotic pressure, causing cyst to expand, normally this not activated, ...

OBJECTIVES the aim of the present study was to compare the clinical and radiological outcome of immediately placed implants in sockets with or without periapical pathology 3 years after implant placement. MATERIALS AND METHODS twenty-nine patients with immediate implant placement were clinically and radiologically followed 3 years after implant placement (test group: 16 patients without peria...

Objectives: The principle of measurement using the TCI (Tooth Coronal Index) method is to compare pulp chamber height with a person's chronological age based on formation secondary dentin. purpose this study estimate in lower canines periapical radiographs measurement.
 Materials and Methods: This an observational analytic 42 samples parallel technique canines. Samples were measured for CH...

background and aims. with the introduction of cone beam computed tomography (cbct) in dentistry, a question has been raised whether the technique significantly increases the diagnostic accuracy in comparison with other techniques or not. therefore, the present study was undertaken to assess the accuracy of cbct modality in detecting proximal carious lesions as compared to conventional periapica...

AIM To investigate the quality of root fillings and coronal restorations and their association with periapical status in an adult Spanish population. METHODOLOGY A total of 180 subjects, aged 37.1 +/- 15.7 years, who presented as new patients at the Faculty of Dentistry, Seville, Spain, were examined. All participants underwent a full-mouth radiographic survey incorporating 14 periapical radi...