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Frequency And Distribution Of Endodontically Treated Teeth, Hina Ahmed, Durr E. Sadaf, Munawar Rahman
Frequency And Distribution Of Endodontically Treated Teeth, Hina Ahmed, Durr E. Sadaf, Munawar Rahman
Section of Dental-Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
Objective: To determine the distribution and pattern of carious teeth involvement in permanent teeth requiring endodontic treatment. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Dental Section of The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from September 2004 to March 2005. Methodology: Data was collected from the dental records of patients. Tooth was the unit of evaluation. Variables studied were demographics, tooth type, etiology of endodontic treatment and pattern of caries involvement. Data was analyzed using chi-square test and Fischer’s exact test. Results: The total number of patients was 190; total number of teeth involved were 235. Females had more …
Study On Non-Carious Cervical Lesions, Hina Ahmad, Durr E. Sadaf, Munawar Rahman
Study On Non-Carious Cervical Lesions, Hina Ahmad, Durr E. Sadaf, Munawar Rahman
Section of Dental-Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
Objective: To determine factors associated with Non-Carious Cervical Lesions (NCCLs) and the teeth most commonly involved in such lesions. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Operative Dentistry, Section of Dentistry at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, from December 2005 to January 2006. Methodology: A total number of 95 patients with 671 teeth were evaluated using a pre-coded questionnaire. Subject of evaluation was teeth. Patients with symptomatic or asymptomatic NCCLs and permanent dentition were included. Patients exhibiting active, untreatable periodontal disease, rampant uncontrolled caries, xerostomia, primary dentition, patients undergoing orthodontic treatment or bleaching procedure were …