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Volume 7 Issue 11 (November, 2019)

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To assess the causes of endodontic failures in study groups
Amit Khemka, Sumit Verma, Neha Agarwal, Anil Kumar, Prerana Waghmare, Ramkrishna Surada

Background: Endodontic therapy or root canal therapy is a treatment sequence for the infected pulp of a tooth which results in the elimination of infection and the protection of the decontaminated tooth from future microbial invasion. The present study was conducted to assess the causes of endodontic failures in study groups. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted on 112 patients with 160 root canal treated teeth. The presence or absence of periapical radiolucency, quality of obturation, missed canal, dislodged/fractured restorations, iatrogenic problems: perforation, file separation, ledges etc was assessed with the help of intraoral periapical radiographs. Results: Out of 112 patients, males were 60 and females were 52. Males had 85 and females had 75 teeth. Common reason of endodontic failure was missed canal 30% in males and 40% in females, inadequate obturation 25% in males and 10% in females and fractured coronal obturation 45% in males and 50% in females. The difference was significant (P<0.05). Conclusion: Author found that common reasons of root canal failures are missed canal, inadequate obturation and fractured coronal obturation. Key words: Endodontic, Failure, Obturation

 
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