title: Endodontic treatment in young permanent teeth. Prevalence, quality and potential risk factors.
abstract: National epidemiologic data on oral health in children and adolescents in Sweden are restricted to caries, such as the number of decayed and filled teeth (DFT) and decayed and filled surfaces (DFS). Information about more complicated and time-consuming procedures such as endodontic treatment is scarce. The aims were to study the prevalence, quality and potential risk factors for endodontic treatment in young permanent teeth. The material consisted of dental records and radiographs. The subjects were all 19-year-olds born in 1979 (paper I-III) and all 15-year-olds born in 1990 (paper IV) belonging to the public dental clinics in Malmo. Paper III also included a control group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University, Sweden.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ridell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000150:complications; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy; D019229:Dentition, Permanent; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009819:Office Visits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010352:Patient Dropouts; D010485:Periapical Periodontitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015995:Prevalence; D011636:Public Health Dentistry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011859:Radiography; D012307:Risk Factors; D012390:Root Canal Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D016312:Treatment Refusal