Clinical and radiographic assessment of various predictors for healing outcome 1 year after periapical surgery

von Arx, Thomas; Jensen, Simon Storgård; Hänni, Stefan (2007). Clinical and radiographic assessment of various predictors for healing outcome 1 year after periapical surgery. Journal of endodontics, 33(2), pp. 123-8. Hagerstown, Md.: Elsevier 10.1016/j.joen.2006.10.001

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This clinical study prospectively evaluated the influence of various predictors on healing outcome 1 year after periapical surgery. The study cohort included 194 teeth in an equal number of patients. Three teeth were lost for the follow-up (1.5% drop-out rate). Clinical and radiographic measures were used to determine the healing outcome. For statistical analysis, results were dichotomized (healed versus nonhealed). The overall success rate was 83.8% (healed cases). The only individual predictors to prove significant for the outcome were pain at initial examination (p=0.030) and other clinical signs or symptoms at initial examination (p=0.042), meaning that such teeth had lower healing rates 1 year after periapical surgery compared with teeth without such signs or symptoms. Logistic regression revealed that pain at initial examination (odds ratio=2.59, confidence interval=1.2-5.6, p=0.04) was the only predictor reaching significance. Several predictors almost reached statistical significance: lesion size (p=0.06), retrofilling material (p=0.06), and postoperative healing course (p=0.06).

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Oral Surgery and Stomatology

UniBE Contributor:

von Arx, Thomas, Hänni, Stefan

ISSN:

0099-2399

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Eveline Carmen Schuler

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 14:54

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:17

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.joen.2006.10.001

PubMed ID:

17258628

Web of Science ID:

000243889000007

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/23157 (FactScience: 39996)

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