Naveen Khawaja, Ramesh Lal, Mujeeb Rehman, Suneel Kumar Punjabi.
Endodontics procedural errors; detecting in conventional versus rotary root canal therapy.
Professional Med J Jan ;23(12):1537-40.

The rationale of this study was to assess the results of training endodontic to postgraduates. This study was assumed to evaluate the procedural quality of root canal obturation and occurrence of ritual errors in the root canal treatment cases performed by postgraduates in the department of Operative Dentistry. Study Design: Cross sectional case series study. Setting: Department Operative Dentistry, Liaquat University of Medical Health Science, Jamshoro. Period: May 2014 to Apr 2016. Methodology: Total two hundreds eighty eight cases were evaluated, out of which 144 were prepared using Pro-taper universal (Dentsply) rotary system and 144 were prepared using conventional hand file system. Each group of teeth was evaluated by radiograph for the occurrence or lacking of procedural errors i-e overfill, under fill, instrument separation. Results: Among 288 cases, out of 144 conventionally treated teeth 58 (49%) had procedural errors. Whereas out of 144 teeth treated with Pro-taper next rotary system, 61 (51%) had technical errors. Most of errors seen in both groups but farthest were overfill. Chi square test showed P value > 0.05 (0.416) which illustrate an irrelevant relationship among the systems applied & the incidence of errors. Conclusion: There was variation among overfill & under fill prevalence of practical errors in both systems; nonetheless, there was a disparity in the nature of error produced. It is accomplished that even though rotary systems are not as simple to use as formerly alleged.

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