Prognostic Factors for Clinical Outcomes in Endodontic Microsurgery: A Retrospective Study

A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study of Mineral Trioxide Aggregate and Super Ethoxy–Benzoic Acid as Root-end Filling Materials in Endodontic Microsurgery

“…All clinical procedures were performed according to the Yonsei protocol described in a previous study (22) and were carried out by a single operator.…”

Mineral Trioxide Aggregate and Evidence-Based Practice

“…Hence, the prognosis of AP after surgical endodontic treatment is related to a number of factors, including age [odds ratio (OR), 2.5; confi dence interval (CI), 1.01-6.00], preoperative root-fi lling length (OR, 3.4; CI, 1.34-8.76) and size of the surgical crypt (OR, 1.9; CI, 1.19-3.16) [ 19 ], as well as interproximal bone levels at the treated tooth (OR, 5.10; CI, 1.67-16.21), the type of root-end fi lling material used (OR, 7.65; CI, 2.60-25.27) [ 120 ] and the position of treated teeth (OR, 3.52; CI, 1.78-6.96) [ 103 ]. According to the results of these three prognostic studies, treatment outcome was superior in subjects older than 45 years, in anterior teeth, tooth with inadequate (versus adequate) root canal fi llings, surgical crypt smaller or equal to 1 cm, bone level from the cementoenamel junction more than 3 mm and root-end fi llings with ProRoot MTA.…”

Case-Based Reasoning to Classify Endodontic Retreatments

“…Song considered clinical and xray data from prior to the treatment, demographic data, and data subsequent to the failed treatment. To analyze the factors that could predict the endodontic failure, he applied a chi-squared statistical study [3].…”

“…Their use currently extends to include various fields such as the study of cancer, or other fields such as odontology [1][2] [3]. The decisions made by odontologists have been traditionally based on past experience of previous treatment cases, whereby experience in itself has been a necessary factor in the decision making process.…”