title: [Root canal treatment. Quality and result].
abstract: The correlation of root canal treatment quality and the probability of healing of apical periodontitis are discussed. Noted is the often large discrepancy between treatment outcomes observed in prospective studies and those obtained in cross-sectional studies of general populations. Looking for improvement of the latter, those treatment shortcomings are discussed which have a known or suspected negative impact on the probability of healing or preventing periapical pathology.
authors.affiliation: Cariologie Endodontologie Pedodontologie van het Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam. sk.thodenvanvelzen@het-net.nl
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Thoden van Velzen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D010485:Periapical Periodontitis / Q000628:therapy*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012390:Root Canal Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D016896:Treatment Outcome