Estado periapical, calidad de la obturación y restauraciones dentales en una población adulta urbana ecuatoriana.

Abstract

Introduction: Endodontically treated teeth are prone to develop periapical lesion. The factors that help to improve the prognosis of RCT are: an adequate root canal filling and an adequate coronary restoration. Objective: Evaluate the periapical state, quality of root canal filling and dental restorations in an Ecuadorian urban adult population. Materials and methods: A qualitative-quantitative approach, cross-sectional, retrospective in sample selection descriptive-analytical, observational design study was carried out. 1050 panoramics radiographs were collected. The sample was 474 Rx. panoramics. They were divided into two groups: Group 1 Rx. Panoramics with RTC (236) and Group 2 Rx. Panoramic without RTC (238). Each tooth with RTC (734) was analyzed according to the following criterial to be evaluated: Restoration quality, endodontic treatment quality, post presence and periapical state. Results: 23% of teeth with RTC presented AL, women presented 23% unlike men who presented 21%. Adequate coronary restorations that presented AL were 18% and inadequate 29%. The adequate RTC presented 10% of AL and the inadequate 29%. Of the 27% teeth that presented post only 18% presented AL. While of the 73% of teeth with post, 25% suffered from AL. Conclusions: There is a significant difference between the quality of coronary restoration with the periapical state of the teeth. It was determined that the quality of the TDC does influence the periapical state of the treated teeth. The presence of post and gender do not influence the periapical state of teeth with RTC.