Prognosis of root canal treatment in teeth with preoperative apical periodontitis: a study with cone‐beam computed tomography and digital periapical radiography

Prognosis of root canal treatment in teeth with preoperative apical periodontitis: a study with cone‐beam computed tomography and digital periapical radiography

Aim This observational cohort study aimed: (i) to determine retrospectively after a 1‐ to 12‐year follow‐up period, the strength and independence of the association of various patient‐, tooth‐ and treatment‐related prognostic variables with the outcome of root canal treatment in patients with pre‐th...

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Published in:International endodontic journal Vol. 52; no. 11; pp. 1533 - 1546
Main Authors: Restrepo‐Restrepo, F. A., Cañas‐Jiménez, S. J., Romero‐Albarracín, R. D., Villa‐Machado, P. A., Pérez‐Cano, M. I., Tobón‐Arroyave, S. I.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01-11-2019
Subjects:
apical periodontitis
Cohort Studies
Computed tomography
Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
Dental Pulp Cavity
digital periapical radiograph
Disinfection
Endodontics
Gum disease
Humans
Illumination
Mandible
Patients
Periapical Periodontitis
Periodontitis
Prognosis
prognostic variables
Radiography
Regression analysis
Retrospective Studies
Root Canal Therapy
root canal treatment outcome
Root canals
Statistical analysis
Teeth
cone-beam computed tomography
digital periapical radiograph
root canal treatment outcome
prognostic variables
apical periodontitis
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Summary:Aim This observational cohort study aimed: (i) to determine retrospectively after a 1‐ to 12‐year follow‐up period, the strength and independence of the association of various patient‐, tooth‐ and treatment‐related prognostic variables with the outcome of root canal treatment in patients with pre‐therapeutic apical periodontitis; and (ii) to establish the concordance between those predictors evaluated by both cone‐beam computed tomography (CBCT) and digital periapical radiography (DPR). Methodology The study cohort included 125 teeth in 84 individuals. The postoperative clinical signs/symptoms, plus DPR/CBCT‐PAI estimations, were used to determine the healing outcome. For statistical analysis, results were dichotomized into completely healed periapical structures versus persistent disease cases. The association between candidate predictor variables with persistent disease was analysed individually and adjusted for confounders using a multivariate binary logistic regression model. Results The success rate was 53.6%. After logistic regression analysis, mandibular tooth location, periapical lesion size >10 mm, poor quality of the coronal restoration, lack of magnification/illumination, lack of disinfection of gutta‐percha, time elapsed to definitive coronal restoration >1 week and poor density of root canal filling remained as robust predictors of failures. Concordance between DPR and CBCT scores varied from moderate to almost perfect agreement. Conclusions The findings of this study suggest that several tooth‐ and treatment‐related predictor variables, including tooth location, periapical radiolucency size, quality of the coronal restoration, magnification/illumination, disinfection of gutta‐percha, time elapsed to definitive coronal restoration, as well as, the density of root canal filling may act strongly and independently for determining the root canal treatment outcome in teeth with pre‐therapeutic apical periodontitis.
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ISSN:0143-2885
1365-2591
DOI:10.1111/iej.13168