Table 3.
SIX-MONTH RADIOGRAPHIC OUTCOME OF RECALLED TEETH: DISTRIBUTION AND FREQUENCY OF RADIOGRAPHIC CHANGES OF DFC AND GMTA PULPOTOMIES*
| Radiographic outcome |
Total | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
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| Radiographic changes |
NC | DB | PCO | IRR-NP | PDL | ERR | IRR-P | PRL | |||||||||
| Treatment | DFC | GTMA | DFC | GTMA | DFC | GMTA | DFC | GMTA | DFC | GMTA | DFC | GMTA | DFC | GMTA | DFC | GMTA | |
| Combined number (n) Frequency (%) |
54(52) | 52(52) | 0(0) | 22(22) | 26(25) | 37(37) | 5(5) | 4(4) | 11(11) | 9(9) | 6(6) | 1(1) | 1(1) | 0(0) | 3(3) | 0(0) | 231(100) |
| Chi-square/ Fisher’s exact tests |
0.95/1.0 | <0.01†/<0.01† | 0.07/0.10 | 0.77/1.0 | 0.69/0.82 | 0.06/0.12 | 0.32/1.0 | 0.09/0.50 | |||||||||
*
NC=no change; DB=dentin bridge; PCO=pulp canal obliteration; IRR-NP=internal root resorption-nonperforated form; PDL=periodontal ligament widening; ERR=external resorption; IRR-P=internal root resorption–perforated form; PRL=periradicular lesion.
†
Statistically significant at the P≤.05 level.