title: Root fillings with Endoflas in primary teeth: a retrospective study.
abstract: The aim of this retrospective study is to report the success rate of root canal treatments (RCT) using Endoflas as a filling material in primary teeth. Fifty-five (55 teeth, 27 maxillary incisors and 28 molars) of 47 children fulfilled the criteria to be included in the study. The immediate post-operative radiograph was evaluated and the root filling was rated overfilled, flush or underfilled. Thirty-one (31) teeth were overfilled; of these 9 (29%) were normal pre-operatively and the remaining 22 (71%) presented with bone pathology. Twenty-four (24) teeth were flush or underfilled; of these, 50% had preoperative bone pathology. The children were examined clinically and radiographically at follow-up visits ranging from 6 to 52 months. Approximately 70% of the cases were successful at the last followup examination. The remaining 30% presented with pathology (Po); however, only one tooth had to be extracted (Pi). Overfilling led to a success rate of 58%, while in the combined flush and underfilled the success rate was 83%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Hebrew University, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel. fuks@cc.huji.ac.il
authors.forename: Anna B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Fuks
authors.forename: Eliezer
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eidelman
authors.forename: Nitay
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pauker
mesh_terms: D001466:Barium Sulfate; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D006847:Hydrocarbons, Iodinated; D015588:Observer Variation; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; D012389:Root Canal Obturation; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous; D015035:Zinc Oxide-Eugenol Cement
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; C098568:Endoflas F.S.; D006847:Hydrocarbons, Iodinated; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; D015035:Zinc Oxide-Eugenol Cement; D001466:Barium Sulfate