[Clinical analysis of 1 423 cases of root canal therapy].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the clinical quality of root canal therapy (RCT) in West China Dental Hospital of Sichuan University.


METHODS
1 423 RCT teeth were finished from Mar. 2001 to Feb. 2002 in West China Dental Hospital. Root canal filling quality and treatment period of these teeth were evaluated. 695 teeth of the total were revisited 2 years later and 2-year success rate were evaluated.


RESULTS
The ratios of adequate filling, underfilling, and overfilling were 79.97%, 14.62% and 5.41%, receptively. Full canal RCT ratio of molar was 89.44%. Average RCT treatment period was 2.8 weeks. 2-year success rate of RCT was 94.39%.


CONCLUSIONS
Clinical RCT level of West China Dental Hospital was satisfactory from 2001 to 2002.
Yin
Shi-Hai
SH
Dept. of Conservative Dentistry, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Yang
Jin-Bo
JB
Su
Qin
Q
Huang
Ding-Ming
DM
Chen
Lei
L
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008963:Molar; D012389:Root Canal Obturation / Q000592:standards; D012390:Root Canal Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D016896:Treatment Outcome