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- Title
Outcome of secondary root canal treatment: a systematic review of the literature.
- Authors
Ng, Y.‐L.; Mann, V.; Gulabivala, K.
- Abstract
Aims (i) To investigate the effects of study characteristics on the reported success rates of secondary root canal treatment (2°RCT or root canal retreatment); and (ii) to investigate the effects of clinical factors on the success of 2°RCT. Methodology Longitudinal human clinical studies investigating outcome of 2°RCT which were published upto the end of 2006 were identified electronically (MEDLINE and Cochrane database 1966–2006 Dec, week 4). Four journals ( Dental Traumatology, International Endodontic Journal, Journal of Endodontics, Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Endodontics Radiology), bibliographies of all relevant papers and review articles were hand-searched. Two reviewers (Y-LN, KG) independently assessed and selected the studies based on specified inclusion criteria and extracted the data onto a pre-designed proforma, independently. The criteria were: (i) Clinical studies on 2°RCT; (ii) Stratified analyses available for 2°RCT where 1°RCT data included; (iii) Sample size given and larger than 10; (iv) At least 6-month post-operative review; (v) Success based on clinical and/or radiographic criteria ( strict = absence of apical radiolucency; loose = reduction in size of radiolucency); and (vi) Overall success rate given or could be calculated from the raw data...
- Subjects
ENDODONTICS; DENTISTRY; ORAL surgery; RADIOLOGY; DENTAL pulp cavities; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
International Endodontic Journal, 2008, Vol 41, Issue 12, p1026
- ISSN
0143-2885
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2591.2008.01484.x