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Factors affecting the long-term results of endodontic treatment
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Among the various factors analyzed, the preoperative periapical status appears to be decisive for the outcome of endodontic treatment. More than 96% of the teeth without preoperative periapical lesions were treated successfully, whereas only 86 % of cases having necrotic pulps and periapical lesions healed. The least favorable results (62% success) were associated with teeth with root fillings which had to be revised due to the failure of previous endodontic treatment. Our results corroborate earlier findings that teeth with apical periodontitis have a significantly lower rate of success than those without such lesions (1-7, 9-11). The unfavorable prognosis for endodontic retreatment is in accordance with the previously published results of Strindberg (11), Grahn~n and Hansson(3), and Bergenholtz et at. (23).
The outcome of treatment for roots with pulp necrosis and apical periodontitis was dependent on the level of the root filling in relation to the root apex (Fig. 2). Roots which could be filled to the apex or within 2 mm of the apex showed 94% treatment success. This means that the prognosis for treatment of nonvital teeth with periapical lesions was as good as that for vital teeth when the instrumentation and filling of the root canal could be carried out to an optimal level. In cases where the roots were filled to excess or the fillings were more than 2-mm short of the root apex, the lesions healed in only 76% and 68% of the cases, respectively. All of the cases with short fillings and periapical lesions were included among the roots that could not be instrumented to their full length. The inability to instrument a canal to its full length may have been due to a preexisting obstruction of the canal by the accumulation of tertiary dentin or by branching of the canal into an apical delta. A further reason for incomplete instrumentation is obliteration of a previously patent apical portion of the canal by dentin chips during debridement. Thus, the lower success rate in underfilled roots may be due to the inability to debride the apical segment of the canal or to the accumulation of infected dentin chips which may harbor persistent infections at the root apex (24, 25).The negative impact of root-filling excess on the healing of periapical lesions may indicate a cytotoxic effect of guttapercha. However, several studies have shown that gutta-percha is well tolerated by tissues (26, 27). This is also supported by our finding that root-filling excess had no impact on the prognosis of vital cases.
つまり
96%以上の、術前に根尖病変の無い歯の根管治療は成功した一方で
壊死歯髄や根尖病変のある歯は86%しか治癒しなかった。
最も予後が良くなかったのは(成功率が62%)既に根充されていた歯で
過去の根管治療の失敗が原因で再治療が必要な歯だった。
今回の結果により、根尖病変のある歯は無い歯よりも
有意に成功率が低くなることが分かった。
歯髄壊死と根尖性歯周炎の治療結果は、根尖に対する根充の位置に依存した。
根尖2mm以内に根充された歯は94%が成功した。
これは根尖病変のある歯であっても拡大と根充が
最適なレベルで行われれば予後は同じ位良いことを意味する。
根充がオーバー、もしくは2mm以上アンダーの場合は
それぞれ成功率が76%と68%だった。
根充がアンダーの場合や根尖病変がある場合は全て、根管全長を拡大できていないケースに含まれる。
これは第3象牙質の蓄積や根尖側枝のよる障害に依るかもしれない。
さらには、元々は開放していた根管が
過去に行われた拡大操作によって象牙質削片が詰まり閉塞したことも
機械的拡大が完全に行えない原因である。
根充オーバーが否定的な印象を与えるのは
ガッタパーチャーの細胞毒性が示唆されているかもしれない。
しかしながら、いくつかの研究ではガッタパーチャーは生体に対してとても寛容であり
このことは、今回の研究で生活歯髄のオーバー根充が全く予後に影響を与えなかったことからも分かる
ということでした。