Frecuencia de periodontitis apical en pacientes atendidos en la Clínica de Posgrado de endodoncia de la UCSG.

Abstract

Apical Periodontitis is the result of dental caries that produces an infection in the root canals, and this results in the inflammation of the tissues that surround the root of the teeth, it is the product of Pulp Necrosis. Objective: To establish the frequency of apical periodontitis in patients treated endodontically at the UCSG postgraduate clinic in the period 2021-2022. Design: A retrospective, descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study was carried out in 100 patients who presented to the Postgraduate Endodontics Clinic during the period 2021-2022. Results:The results obtained in this study show that the prevalence of asymptomatic apical periodontitis in the cases of the Postgraduate Endodontics Clinic is 57%, while symptomatic apical periodontitis represents the other 43%. Conclusion: Asymptomatic apical periodontitis prevails in more than half of the clinical cases, the female gender is the most predominant in this study and the dental group of the anterior sector is the most affected.