International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Clinical PaperOral SurgeryMicroscope versus endoscope in root-end management: a randomized controlled study
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Materials and methods
All patients requiring endodontic surgical treatment were recruited during a period of 36 months (from December 2001 to December 2004) in a university clinic and in a private practice. A single surgical team, including two skilful surgeons with more than 10 years’ experience (ST, TT), performed all the apical surgery.
Results
In this study, 113 teeth in 70 patients were included and received surgical treatment as planned.
An endoscope was used as the magnification device for 34 patients (50 teeth, Group E). One tooth was extracted during the surgical procedure before root-end resection because of vertical fracture, so the tooth (and the patient) was excluded from the study. Two patients, accounting for four teeth, did not attend the 1-year follow-up visit and were excluded from the study. Another two patients,
Discussion
Following the introduction of microsurgical techniques in endodontic surgery, involving new methods for the preparation of root-end cavities, ways of enhancing visualization of the surgical field have been sought3. The use of high quality magnification devices in dentistry is becoming more common, with the aim of improving the quality of treatment3. In the present comparative study two different kinds of magnification devices were used to carry out root-end preparation: the microscope and the
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