The Effect of Ca(OH)2 in Apical Periodontitis

Launched by SEYDA ERSAHAN, DDS, PHD · Jul 24, 2021

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Eligibility criteria The study population consisted of 16 patients (6 women and 10 men, aged 19-63 years, mean age 34.43) presenting to the endodontic clinic at Istanbul Medipol University Dental School, for nonsurgical endodontic retreatment of teeth with apical periodontitis lesions. Sixteen previously root canal-treated teeth exhibiting clinical and radiographic evidence of chronic apical periodontitis lesions were included in this study. Radiographically, the diameter of the periapical radiolucency ranged from 2 to 7 mm. Teeth with post-treatment apical periodontitis had endodontic ther...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • root canal-treated teeth exhibiting clinical and radiographic evidence of chronic apical periodontitis lesions
• • Teeth with post-treatment apical periodontitis had endodontic therapy completed more than 2 years earlier and required retreatment.
• • Radiographically, the diameter of the periapical radiolucency ranged from 2 to 7 mm.
• • Termini of the root canal fillings ranged from 0-4 mm short of the radiographic apex, with no overfilling.
• • The teeth had intact coronal restorations, with no obvious exposure of the root-filling material to the oral cavity.
• • Selected teeth had enough crown structure for adequate isolation with a rubber dam and showed an absence of periodontal pockets or attachment level deeper than 4 mm.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • teeth from patients who had received antibiotics within the previous 3 months or who had any general disease, teeth that could not be properly isolated with rubber dam, teeth with absence of coronary sealing, teeth with periodontal pocket depth \>4 mm; and teeth with crown/root fracture. Only one tooth was included from each patient.