Abstract

GUERRA PANDO, José Antonio et al. Incidence of endodontic acuteness when concluding the different technical variants in the pulp-radicular treatment. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.4, pp.66-75. ISSN 1561-3194.

Endodontic acuteness constitutes periapical inflammatory events that are produced during and after concluding the endodontic therapeutic, complicating and increasing the cost of the dental procedures. This research was aimed at determining their onset and intensity at "Antonio Briones Montoto" Dentist's Teaching Clinic from September 2007 to July 2008. The sampling was based on opinions and with 80 cases that were divided into 4 groups of 20 cases applying different treatment schedules. Data were collected in tables and graphics and in measures summed up to qualitative variables. A descriptive statistics was used: the two tests, K-proportions and the non-parametric chi-square test to compare the categories as well as the relation and homogeneity of the variables respectively. The total of the cases with acuteness resulted significantly higher with the standardized techniques, no differences in number or the intensity of the acuteness in the treatments in one and two sessions were observed, the best schedule of the treatment was the cervical-apical technique in a session.

Keywords : Endodontics; periapical diseases; diagnosis; radicular duct treatment/methods.

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