Causes of the endodontic diseases and complications in Friendship hospital
- Author:
Viet Van Pham
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
endodontics
- MeSH:
Tooth Diseases;
etiology
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1998;225(9, 10):151-154
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A study aimed at determining the major causes and influence of age, gender on the endodontic diseases. 141 patients (male: 103, female: 38) with 196 teeth participated to the study. The results have shown that 89% patients were at ages of 40 and older, the major cause of the endodontic diseases were dental decay (42%), other lesions without dental decay (30%), periodontitis (20%) and others (8%). The lesions occurred in the teeth of upper curve more frequently than these in the inferior teeth (61% compared with 31% respectively) did. There was significant difference of lesions between teeth (cheek teeth: 72%; small cheek teeth: 16%, anterior teeth and canine teeth: 12%)
