AbdAlSttar, A., Abouelkheir, H., Mobarak, A. (2024). ROOT CANAL WORKING LENGTH EVALUATION USING APEX LOCATOR AND CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY. Alexandria Dental Journal, 49(3), 30-35. doi: 10.21608/adjalexu.2023.208474.1373
Ahmed Yahya AbdAlSttar; Hassan Abouelkheir; Ahmed Moustafa Mobarak. "ROOT CANAL WORKING LENGTH EVALUATION USING APEX LOCATOR AND CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY". Alexandria Dental Journal, 49, 3, 2024, 30-35. doi: 10.21608/adjalexu.2023.208474.1373
AbdAlSttar, A., Abouelkheir, H., Mobarak, A. (2024). 'ROOT CANAL WORKING LENGTH EVALUATION USING APEX LOCATOR AND CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY', Alexandria Dental Journal, 49(3), pp. 30-35. doi: 10.21608/adjalexu.2023.208474.1373
AbdAlSttar, A., Abouelkheir, H., Mobarak, A. ROOT CANAL WORKING LENGTH EVALUATION USING APEX LOCATOR AND CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY. Alexandria Dental Journal, 2024; 49(3): 30-35. doi: 10.21608/adjalexu.2023.208474.1373
ROOT CANAL WORKING LENGTH EVALUATION USING APEX LOCATOR AND CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
1Department of periodontology,oral medicine and oral radiology, Alexandria university,Alexandria,Egypt
2Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology division of Oral Medicine,Oral Diagnosis and Periodontology Department. Faculty of Dentistry Alexandria University
3Endodontics, faculty of dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Abstract
Background:Success in the endodonticoutcomerelies mostly on the correct determination of the apex.Findingsmay aid by which method endodontic working length determination is more accurate between cone beam C.T andapex locators. Study objective:The study aim was to evaluate working length accuracy detection utilizing cone-beam computed tomography(CBCT)and electronic apex locator (EAL). Materials and Methods: 32 extracted mandibular premolars and molars were scanned using CBCT.The measurements were gained from the reference point coronally to the apex were measured utilizing OnDemand3D software (Cybermed, Seoul, Korea) then using apex locator iPex II (NSK, Tokyo, Japan). Results:No statistically significant difference between EAL working length and actual length while there was a statistically significant difference between CBCT working length and actual working length Conclusion:Working length detection by apex locator was found to be more accurate than working length detection by CBCT while using actual working length as a gold standard. Keywords: cone beam computed tomography, electronic apex locator, working length, accuracy, endodontic
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