Accuracy assessment of electronic apex locators in dental clinical practice
- VernacularTitle:电子根尖定位仪临床精确性分析
- Author:
Chunhui ZHAO
;
Siyi LIU
;
Lingxuan MEI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Root canal working length;
Electronic apical locator;
Electronic method;
Handing method;
X-raying method
- From:
Journal of Practical Stomatology
2000;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To observe the accuracy of electronic method(EM), handing method(HM) and X-raying method(X-RM) in measuring root canal working length. Methods:Total 31 root canal in vivo were measured with HM, X-RM and EM(by the electronic apical locators-Root ZX and Raypex-5 respectively), and the data were compared with the actual root canal working lengths which were obtained from the sectional view's constrictions of the extracted teeth by magnifying glass. Results:Accuracy of working length measured by Raypex-5 was 93.55%, Root ZX was 87.10%, HM was 35.48%, and X-RM was 48.39%. Significantly statistical differences (P