title: Comparison of the success of root canal therapy in HIV/AIDS patients and non-infected controls.
abstract: This study compared the rate of successful endodontic treatments between two cohorts of patients with similar teeth, one group with HIV/AIDS and one without. A retrospective chart review was performed on two cohorts, with 50 teeth in each cohort. There was no statistically significant difference in endodontic success between the two groups. The failure groups were small, with no significant trends.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endodontics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
authors.forename: Bradley S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Alley
authors.forename: Trenton H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Buchanan
authors.forename: Paul D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Eleazer
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012390:Root Canal Therapy; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing