Causes of endodontic therapy’s failure
analysis of retreated dental cases treated in the UFMG School of Denstistry’s extension project
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7308/aodontol/2017.53.e20Keywords:
Tooth apex, Treatment failure, Endodontics, Retreatment. DentistryAbstract
Aim: This study sought to evaluate and describe the causes of endodontic therapy’s failure to properly treat patients from the UFMG School of Dentistry’s Extension Project entitled Endodontic Treatment in Molars and Retreatment The data were collected from patients’ files.
Methods: The literature review was carried out in the databanks of Bireme, Scielo, and Pubmed, in addition to textbooks, Masters theses, and Ph.D. dissertations. The key words used in the search were: dental apex, treatment failure, endodontics, and dental retreatment. The data were collected during 2014 and the beginning of 2015 and consisted of the following: which tooth was recommended for endodontic retreatment, patient’s age, presence or absence of symptomatology, health clinic responsible for referring the patient, waiting time before beginning retreatment, and tooth’s initial radiography. The overall sample consisted of 82 cases. The radiographs were analyzed and the cause(s) of the treatment failure was classified.
Results: The results showed that 73 cases (89.02%) presented two or more probable causes of endodontic treatment failure. The most common classifications presented in this study were: under-obturation (69.5%), presence of periapical lesion (63.4%), and inadequate root canal shaping (52.2%).
Conclusion: Based on the information found, it was possible to observe a series of factors that can, separately or in a group, contribute to the failure of endodontic therapy. Insufficient disinfection and inadequate obturation seem to be the most common responsible causes of failure, followed by operative accidents and the lack of adequate coronal sealing.
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