Table 3.
The relation between the presence of iatrogenic errors and case difficulty; N (%)
| Errors Difficulty |
Corono-Cervical perforation | Furcation perforation | Strip perforation | Lateral Root perforation | Apical perforation | Ledge | Fractured instrument | Overfilling | Underfilling | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Minimal Difficulty |
1 (0.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.5%) | 3 (1.4%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (2%) | 2 (0.9%) | 11 (5%) |
|
Moderate Difficulty |
0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.5%) | 2 (0.9%) | 5 (2.3%) | 15 (6.7%) | 5 (2.3%) | 5 (2.3%) | 20 (9%) | 53 (24%) |
|
High Difficulty |
0 (0%) | 2 (0.9%) | 3 (1.4%) | 5 (2.3%) | 6 (2.7%) | 24 (11%) | 25 (11.3%) | 31 (14%) | 62 (28%) | 157 (71%) |
| Total | 1 (0.5%) | 2 (0.9%) | 3 (1.4%) | 7 (3%) | 12 (5.5%) | 42 (19%) | 30 (13.5%) | 40 (18%) | 84 (38%) | 221 (100%) |
| p | 0.003 * | |||||||||
*Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05