The outcomes of both dental implants and endodontically treated teeth have been extensively studied. However, there is still a great controversy over when to keep a natural tooth and when to extract it for a dental implant. This article reviews the benefits and disadvantages of both treatment options and discusses success vs. survival outcomes, as well as the impact of technical advances for mo...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the long-term clinical outcome of endodontic microsurgery when mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) and super ethoxybenzoic acid (Super EBA; Harry J. Bosworth, Skokie, IL) were used as root-end filling materials. Additionally, this study aimed to compare the clinical outcome of endodontic microsurgery at the 1-year follow-up with that at...

Root canal therapy (RCT) represents a standard of treatment that addresses infected pulp tissue in teeth and protects against future infection. RCT involves removing dental pulp comprising blood vessels and nerve tissue, decontaminating residually infected tissue through biomechanical instrumentation, and root canal obturation using a filler material to replace the space that was previously com...

Aim of our study. To assess the impact of the operating microscope on the success rate of primary endodontic treatments performed by postgraduate students, during their training program in Endodontics. As null hypotheses we considered that the use of a dental operating microscope in cleaning and shaping the root canals has no statistically significant influence on the treatment outcome in non-s...

Introduction Targeted endodontic microsurgery (TEMS) replaces freehand carbide or diamond bur osteotomy and root-end resection with a guided approach using an end-cutting trephine rotated within guide tube. TEMS departs from traditional in size, control of level bevel, surgical time, method; yet, the impact these departures on clinical outcomes has yet to be assessed. The aim this study was ass...

The aims of this study were to evaluate the clinical outcomes of root canal treatments performed by final-year students in the Dental School of Piracicaba, State University of Campinas, SP, Brazil, during the year 2000 and to evaluate the success rate of these treatments at follow-ups conducted one and three years later (2001-03). All 579 endodontic treatments performed by final-year students w...

The aim of this review was to analyse the literature to assess the possibility of an association between smoking and endodontic disease and the prognosis of endodontically treated teeth. The review of the prognosis of endodontically treated teeth involved taking account of any potential associations with smoking and endodontic disease and marginal periodontitis, and smoking and prosthodontic ou...

INTRODUCTION The objective of this study was to compare the outcomes of initial nonsurgical root canal therapy for different tooth types provided by both endodontists and other providers. METHODS By using an insurance company database, 487,476 initial nonsurgical root canal therapy procedures were followed from the time of treatment to the presence of an untoward event indicated by Current De...

Successful endodontic treatment depends on the restorative treatment that follows. The connection between endodontic treatment and restorative dentistry is well accepted, but the best restorative approaches for endodontically treated teeth have always been somewhat controversial. A plethora of information from various sources contributes to the controversy and much of it is contradictory. With ...

INTRODUCTION Endodontic claims are the most frequently filed malpractice claims in dentistry. The aim of this study was to categorize and review errors and complications related to endodontic procedures that resulted in legal actions against the treating practitioner. METHODS All dental malpractice complaints reported to the Medical Consultants International Company (MCI) in Israel between th...