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ReviewBritish dental journal2025

Success and failure of endodontic treatment: predictability, complications, challenges and maintenance.

Dipti Mehta, Alexandra Coleman, Maria Lessani

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Review in British dental journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Dipti MehtaSpecialist in Endodontics/Consultant in Endodontics, Chequers Endodontic Practice, 7 Chequers Drive, Prestwood, Great Missenden, Bucks, HP16 9DU, UK; King´s College Hospital Dental Institute, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Bessemer Road, London, SE5 9RW, UK. mehtaendodontics@outlook.com.
Alexandra ColemanSenior Clinical Teacher/Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Academic Unit of Restorative Dentistry, School of Clinical Dentistry, The University of Sheffield, Claremont Crescent, Sheffield, S10 2TA, UK.
Maria LessaniSpecialist in Endodontics/Part-Time Clinical Lecturer, Eastman Dental Institute, UCL, London, UK; Part-Time Private Practice, Endoclinic, North London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fundamentals of successful endodontic treatment are an awareness of the aetiology of the disease process and an understanding of factors that affect outcome. This paper aims to outline the prognostic factors found in the endodontic outcome literature to facilitate options appraisal and predictable treatment delivery. We will discuss pre-treatment, treatment and post-treatment factors. In summary, the significance of infection control throughout treatment, provision of an adequate coronal seal and appropriate restoration of the root-filled tooth are highlighted.

Indexed as

Root Canal TherapyHumansInfection Control, DentalPrognosisTreatment FailureTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID40217035
PMCPMC11991907

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