Molar apicectomy with amalgam root-end filling: results of a prospective study in two district general hospitals

Three-year outcomes of apicectomy (apicoectomy): Mining an insurance database

“…A comparison with existing data is therefore difficult. The rates we found were within the wide range of those reported from clinical trials and systematic reviews (2,4,(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17). However, we have to consider that we reported real survival rates.…”

“…A success rate of 57 % at 5 years was found in a larger sample of 790 molars treated at two general hospitals in the United Kingdom (17). Both results are a good example of the wide range of published success rates.…”

Reply to Dr Friedman

“…In a further three of the studies, incomplete healing ranged from 13% to 27% (5,12,21), which is considerably higher than the incidence suggested elsewhere (10,11,19,20). Why the concern?…”

Apical capping as a new technique for retrograde treatment of an infected root apex: Introduction and first results

“…The result of this treatment should be a reduction in bacterial numbers in the region of the neoapex to avoid inflammatory relapse followed by tooth loss. According to the literature, the success rate of this kind of surgical treatment including retrograde root filling is between 60 and 85% for a tooth survival time of more than 5 years (von Axt and Kurt, 1999;Testori et al, 1999;Jensen et al, 2002;Wesson and Gale, 2003).…”

“…Nevertheless, various authors have reported widely differing results after using the same filling material (Tang et al, 2002;Morinaga et al, 2003). According to the scientific literature, the success rate of an apictomy with consecutive retrograde filling ranges between 60 and 85% (von Axt and Kurt, 1999;Testori et al, 1999;Jensen et al, 2002;Wesson and Gale, 2003). Complete rehabilitation of the periodontal tissue in the neoapex region has also been described for the new sealer Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA; Regan et al, 2002).…”