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Retreatment decision making by a group of general dental practitioners in Germany
Author(s) -
HÜLSMANN M.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
international endodontic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.988
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1365-2591
pISSN - 0143-2885
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2591.1994.tb00241.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , endodontic retreatment , endodontics , apicoectomy , root canal , orthodontics
Summary The aim of this study was to evaluate whether retreatment of root fillings was judged necessary or not and which kind of retreatment was preferred among a group of general dental practitioners in Germany. A questionnaire comprising 19 cases of endodontically treated teeth with different case histories and several treatment options was sent to all general practitioners in Göttingen (Germany). The cases included teeth with periapical radiolucencies, pain, apical resorption, under‐ and overfilling, and unfilled root canals. Results obtained from 43 questionnaires returned indicate that non‐intervention or further radiographic monitoring were preferred by the majority of general practitioners in 10 of 19 cases, even in the presence of periapical pathosis. Only five cases were judged to require conservative endodontic retreatment and, in four cases, root resection. The results revealed large inter‐ and intra‐individual discrepancies in the estimation of endodontic retreatment need.