The Role Of Spiral C.T. In Endodontic Diagnosis

Linn, Jack L.

doi:10.1111/j.1747-4477.2000.tb00147.x

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“…A full dental examination should include visual examination, palpation, pulp sensibility tests, and radiographs. 11 The effect of diagnostic or therapeutic blocks should also be considered.…”

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The differential diagnosis of toothache from other orofacial pains in clinical practice

Linn¹,

Trantor²,

Teo³

et al. 2007

Australian Dental Journal

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Background: Teeth are a common and obvious source of orofacial pain. There is a risk that endodontic treatment may be initiated in patients that do not have pulp or periapical pathosis. Methods: A retrospective survey of a sample of patients referred for endodontic treatment was analysed to determine the accuracy of the diagnosis and to identify non‐dental cases. A separate prospective study of complex non‐dental orofacial pain cases was performed to determine which cases had previously received dental treatment. Results: Seventy‐seven (88 per cent) of 88 patients referred for endodontic treatment had been correctly diagnosed with solely endodontic problems. Eight (9 per cent) had endodontic plus other orofacial pain problems and three (3 per cent) had no endodontic problems but other orofacial pain problems. Forty‐four (44 per cent) of 100 non‐dental orofacial pain patients had previously received either extractions or endodontics. Conclusion: Dentists need to carefully evaluate all toothache patients to ensure that the diagnosis is correct prior to the initiation of irreversible treatment.

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The differential diagnosis of toothache from other orofacial pains in clinical practice

Linn¹,

Trantor²,

Teo³

et al. 2007

Australian Dental Journal

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Detection of a secondary mesio-buccal canal in maxillary first molar: A comparative study

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Aim:The purpose of this study was to clarify detection characteristics of the secondary mesio-buccal canal in maxillary first molars using various methods.Materials and Methods:The root canal system of 86 extracted human maxillary first molars was inspected using micro-focus-computed tomography to accurately determine the number of canals. Radiographs or floors of the pulp chamber for all samples were observed for the secondary mesio-buccal canal with computed tomography for dentistry, digital dental radiography, magnifier, or the naked eye. Sensitivity, specificity, positive, and negative predictive values and diagnostic accuracy for these four methods were investigated using the results from the micro-focus-computed tomography inspection as the gold standard. All samples of each method were observed by 10 endodontists. Using these results, the χ2 test was used to compare and analyze differences between the various conditions (P<0.05).Results:The secondary mesio-buccal canal could be recognized in 60.9% of samples with the micro-focus-computed tomography. No significant difference was seen between efficiencies of the computed tomography for dentistry and the micro-focus-computed tomography. The computed tomography for dentistry was superior to the other three methods.Conclusion:Detectability of the secondary mesio-buccal canal in the maxillary first molar was superior using dental-computed tomography compared to digital dental radiography, magnification telescope, and the naked eye.

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The Role Of Spiral C.T. In Endodontic Diagnosis

Cited by 2 publications

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The differential diagnosis of toothache from other orofacial pains in clinical practice

The differential diagnosis of toothache from other orofacial pains in clinical practice

Detection of a secondary mesio-buccal canal in maxillary first molar: A comparative study

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