Tissue repair is an essential process that reestablishes tissue integrity and regular function. Nevertheless, different therapeutic factors and clinical conditions may interfere in this process of periapical healing. This review aims to discuss the important therapeutic factors associated with the clinical protocol used during root canal treatment and to highlight the systemic conditions associ...

Purpose: To compare in vitro fracture resistance of endodontically treated premolars restored with bonded amalgam or resin composite. Materials and Methods: Fifty intact and caries-free premolars that had been extracted for orthodontic treatment were selected. All teeth were subjected to endodontic procedures and MOD cavity preparation. They were then randomly divided into the five following gr...

OBJECTIVES To test the hypothesis that the placement of a crown is associated with improved (long term) survival of root canal treated teeth, using a systematic review process of clinical studies. DATA SOURCES Papers referring to single crowns on endodontically treated teeth were located by a MEDLINE search and hand searching. One thousand six hundred and nine references were found, and they ...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate clinical outcomes with the use of Resilon root filling in private endodontic practice. This study compared immediate post-operative (IPO) radiographs with at least one year posttreatment, follow up (F) radiographs from 70 randomly selected private practice primary endodontic cases, treated according to a non-standardized protocol but root-filled with Re...

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Background. The clinical decision as to whether an endodontically treated (ET) tooth requires a post and a crown poses a challenge to dental practitioners. The author conducted a review of the principles for the use of post and core and the newer materials such as ceramic and fiber-reinforced posts. Types of Studies Reviewed. Using a MEDLINE search and resulting crossreferences, the author sele...