Wyniki leczenia endodontycznego prowadzonego przez stażystów specjalizacyjnych w przychodni stomatologicznej Szpitala Bretonneau
Outcome of endodontic treatments made by postgraduate students in the Dental Clinic of Bretonneau Hospital
Many studies have shown that endodontic treatments can provide a high rate of success despite the complexity of the endodontic space [1, 2]. Nevertheless, a wide range of results is still reported by systematic reviews using clinical and radiographic measures of periapical healing [3-5].
So, for a variety of reasons, endodontic failures still occur and some practitioners delegate endodontic treatments to qualified endodontists. Therefore, some patients are referred to the Graduate Endodontic Clinic at the Bretonneau Hospital (Paris, France) for both initial treatments and retreatments. One of the criteria of the students’ evaluation is the outcome of the endodontic treatments. The management team of the hospital wanted to study the effectiveness of this clinic too; and a retrospective study was carried out. The purpose of this study was to (a) assess the 1-4-year outcome of endodontic treatment performed by postgraduate students and (b) to examine the outcome predictors after a minimum follow-up period of 1 year [6].
Material and method
Population
A total of 296 patients (363 teeth) were treated in the Dental Clinic of Bretonneau Hospital between January 2007 and December 2010 by endodontic treatment (initial or retreatment) on one tooth or more. The sample population included all [...]
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