RELATIVE FREQUENCY OF TEETH NEEDING ENDODONTIC TREATMENT IN 3350 CONSECUTIVE ENDODONTIC PATIENTS

Citation
Be. Wayman et al., RELATIVE FREQUENCY OF TEETH NEEDING ENDODONTIC TREATMENT IN 3350 CONSECUTIVE ENDODONTIC PATIENTS, Journal of endodontics, 20(8), 1994, pp. 399-401
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
ISSN journal
00992399
Volume
20
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
399 - 401
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2399(1994)20:8<399:RFOTNE>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A survey covering 8 years and 3350 consecutive endodontic patients (19 58 men (58%) and 1392 women (42%)) was conducted to determine the freq uency of endodontic treatment for each tooth. At the time of initial e xamination, 3672 teeth required root canal therapy. Three hundred twen ty-two patients needed endodontic therapy on multiple teeth. Posterior teeth were most frequently treated, 80.1% of the total with molars re quiring 52.6% of the needed endodontic treatment. The mandibular first molar was treated most often, 18.8% of the time, followed by the maxi llary first molar (13.5%) and the mandibular second molar (12.0%). The number of endodontically treated maxillary and mandibular teeth was s imilar, 50.8% and 49.2%, respectively.