title: [Clinical and radiological quality assessment of root canal treatment].
abstract: The aim of the study was to assess the quality of endodontic therapy and estimate further treatment needs. Nine hundreds orthopantomograms of 442 men and 458 women (aged 18-70) without any clinical manifestations of endodontic pathology were examined. In 1170 patients (41%) additional intraoral radiographs were taken to assess the periapical status. 2852 (13.8%) of the 20 724 teeth examined had periapical lesions and/or root fillings. 2503 of the 2853 teeth were endodontically treated, only 1011 of them (40.4%) having all their root canals obturated. 612 (41.3%) of the 1492 (59.6%) teeth with inadequate root canal fillings had no signs of apical periodontal lesions. Of the 1229 teeth needing a root canal treatment 349 required primary treatment, 880 required retreatment.
authors.forename: A Zh
authors.initials: AZh
authors.lastname: Petrikas
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Zakharova
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Goreva
authors.forename: O O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Tolstova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012389:Root Canal Obturation / Q000592:standards*; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D055815:Young Adult