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Survival Rates Of Primary Endodontic Therapy Following Core/Post And Crown Placement, Kandace Yee
Survival Rates Of Primary Endodontic Therapy Following Core/Post And Crown Placement, Kandace Yee
Master's Theses (2009 -)
Introduction: The objective of this study was to determine if a correlation exists between the time to core or post and core (core/post) placement following non-surgical root canal therapy (NS RCT), the time to crown placement following core/post placement, and the incidence of an untoward event. Materials and Methods: Utilizing the Delta Dental of Wisconsin Insurance Database, information was analyzed from 476,479 initial NS RCT procedures. Of these teeth, 160,040 had a core/post and a crown placed before the end of the continuous coverage period or occurrence of an untoward event. Untoward events were defined as having a retreatment, apicoectomy, …