BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to determine the type and frequency of pathological conditions around third molar teeth among randomly selected patient's records in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh. MATERIALS AND METHODS Totally, 281 patient panoramic radiographs were selected with detectable pathology among 570 files of patients seen ...

OBJECTIVE Previous studies have suggested that marginal periodontitis is a risk factor for developing atherosclerosis. The objective of this study was to determine whether caries may also be associated with atherosclerosis. METHODS The computed tomography data sets of 292 consecutive patients, 137 women and 155 men with a mean age of 54.1±17.3 years, were analyzed. Caries were quantified base...

Apical periodontitis, a chronic inflammatory lesion of the periradicular tissue, is caused by etiological agents endodontic origin. It considered as potent communication between microbiological factors and defense system host at interface periodontal ligament infected radicular pulp. Endodontic treatment failure often characterized existence post-treatment apical which may be persistent, recurr...

Besides the risk of filling material extrusion throughout the apex, a satisfactory apical seal can be difficult to achieve in canals with open apices or iatrogenic enlargements of the apical constriction. These situations pose a challenge to root canal filling. This paper describes the root canal filling of a maxillary right canine with an overinstrumented apex, complete loss of the apical stop...

Background: Root canal infection and periapical diseases are caused by bacteria and their products. Long term infection may spread bacteria throughout the root canal system. Apical periodontitis caused by infectious microbe that persistent in root canals can cause radiographic and histopathology periapical changes. Chemomechanical preparation and intracanal dressing then are recommended to be c...

Abstract Background Apical periodontitis as an endodontic diagnosis has attracted attention for the close relationship between periodontal nature and that this pathology represents. The appearance of in tissues, but originating from infected canal affected tooth, is caused by passage pulpal infection–inflammation products only apical foramen toward tissues positioned at exit tooth canal. Depend...

Traditionally, endodontology includes pulp and periapical biology and pathology. Clinically, however, endodontics is perceived as treatment of the root canal with fi les and the placement of a root fi lling, or treatment by surgical endodontics. The vital pulp and the treatment measures to preserve its vitality are usually considered a part of conservative dentistry, and include specifi c techn...

human dental pulp inflammation can progress to periapical lesion formation and conventional root canal treatment (rct) has been the traditional method for disease management. this observational study presents two cases of vital pulp therapy in mature molars diagnosed with irreversible pulpitis and associated with apical periodontitis. in these two clinical cases, the involved teeth had deep car...