Abstracts & Treatment Resources
Topic: Endodontic Success
Twenty Years of Endodontic Success and Failure.
Swartz et al. JOE 1983 Vol. 9, No.5: 198-202.
Retrospective study of 1007 endodontically treated teeth (1770
canals)
Overall success 89.66%
Age of the patient has no significant effect on success.
Type of obturation material (gutta-percha or silver point) had no
significant effect on success.
Presence of pre-treatment PARL was associated with a significantly
lower success rate.
Lack of a proper restoration was associated with a significantly
lower success rate than when a proper restoration was placed.