Comparison of Endodontic Treatment Qualities of Molar Teeth Performed by Endodontists and Practitioners: A Radiographic Analysis

Year 2021, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 127 - 132, 30.04.2021

Selen İnce Yusufoğlu , Esma Sarıçam

https://doi.org/10.15311/selcukdentj.597504

Cited By: 3

Abstract

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the radiographic technical quality of root fillings and the incidence of iatrogenic errors in treatments performed by endodontists and dentists.
Methods: 1135 radiographic records of endodontic treatments performed by endodontists and dentists were qualified to be further investigated. Radiographs were assessed by two independent endodontists. The length and the density of the obturations and iatrogenic errors were investigated. Chi-square tests were used for statistics.
Results: According to iatrogenic errors; the presence of instrument fractures was significantly higher in the endodontists, and likewise, in the mesiobuccal canals of the mandibular teeth (p<0.05). dentists were found more likely to treat the root canal in poor radio-opacity and short filling-overfilling (p<0.05). no significant difference was found between the groups in other iatrogenic errors (p>0.05).
Conclusion: The results of this retrospective study show that the canal treatment performed by endodontists were better in terms of the quality of the root canal filling than dentists.

Keywords

Endodontists, General dentists, Radiographic evaluation

ENDODONTİSTLER VE DİŞ HEKİMLERİ TARAFINDAN MOLAR DİŞLERE YAPILAN ENDODONTİK TEDAVİLERİN KALİTESİNİN KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI: RETROSPEKTİF BİR ÇALIŞMA

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, endodontistler ve diş
hekimleri tarafından yapılan kanal tedavilerinde kök kanal dolgusunun
radyografik teknik kalitesini ve iyatrojenik hataların sıklığını
değerlendirmektir. 

Gereç ve Yöntemler:Endodontistler ve diş hekimleri tarafından
yapılan 1135 adet kök kanal tedavisi yapılan dişlerin röntgen kaydı çalışmaya
dahil edildi. Radyograflar iki uzman tarafından, kök kanal dolumlarının
boyu,  radyoopasitesi ve iatrojenik
hataların varlığı olacak şekilde değerlendirildi. Istatistiksel olarak ki-kare
testi kullanılarak analiz yapıldı. 

Bulgular:İatrojenik hatalara göre; enstrüman
kırıklarının varlığı endodontistlerde ve benzer şekilde mandibular dişlerin
meziyobukkal kanallarında anlamlı olarak daha yüksek görüldü (p<0.05). Kanal
dolum kalitesine bakıldığında dolumun radyoopaklığı ve dolumun boyu diş hekimi
grubunda endodontistlere göre daha kötü olduğu görüldü (p<0.05). Diğer iyatrojenik hatalarda gruplar arasında
anlamlı fark bulunmadı (p>0.05). 

Sonuçlar:Bu retrospektif çalışmanın sonuçlarına göre,
endodontistler tarafından uygulanan kök kanal tedavisinin, kök kanal dolgusu
kalitesi bakımından dişhekimlerinden daha iyi olduğunu göstermektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:endodontist,
diş hekimi, radyografik değerlendirme, retrospektif çalışma, iatrojenik hata

Keywords

endodontist, diş hekimi, iatrojenik hata

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