ReviewThe Saudi dental journal2025
The outcomes of nonsurgical root canal treatment and retreatment assessed by CBCT: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Review in The Saudi dental journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Three-Year Apical Outcomes in Teeth with Apical Periodontitis Following Primary Endodontic Treatment or Nonsurgical Retreatment: A Retrospective Clinical Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Prevalence and determinants of clinical and radiographic outcomes of endodontic treatment at Jimma Medical Center: an ambispective single-cohort study.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Do Laser-Activated Irrigation Protocols Improve Endodontic Success? A Prospective Clinical Comparison of 1-Year Periapical Healing with Sonic, Ultrasonic, Manual Dynamic and Conventional Techniques.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Unfilled MB2 Canals and Their Association with Apical Periodontitis: A CBCT-Based Cross-Sectional Study in a German Population.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- From lesion to resolution: A cone-beam computed tomography-based retrospective comparison of bioactive materials in nonsurgical root canal therapy.Journal of conservative dentistry and endodontics · 2026Article
- Enamel Defects Among Orphanage Children: A Multi-Country Case-Control Study.International dental journal · 2026Article
- Outcome of an Extensive Mid-Root Perforation With Unintentional Bioceramic Extrusion: A Case Report With 2-Year Recall Using CBCT.Case reports in dentistry · 2026Article
- Clinical Outcomes of Nonsurgical Retreatment in Teeth With Persistent Apical Periodontitis: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Factors Influencing the Long-Term Survival and Success of Endodontically Treated and Retreated Teeth: An Ambispective Study at an Educational Hospital.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) has been demonstrated to identify apical radiolucency with higher accuracy than two-dimensional radiography. The outcome of root canal treatment varies depending on the imaging modality employed. This systematic review aimed to: (1) estimate the success rate of nonsurgical root canal treatment and retreatment when assessed by CBCT and (2) investigate the influence of some factors suspected to be associated with treatment outcomes. An electronic search was performed in the following databases: MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, and gray literature. Article selection and data extraction were independently conducted by 2 reviewers. The terms 'strict' (complete resolution of periapical lesion) or 'loose' (reduction in size of existing periapical lesion) were used to describe the outcome criteria. The Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach was used to evaluate the quality of the included studies. Meta-analysis and meta-regression established pooled outcome rates, 95% confidence intervals (CIs), and significant clinical prognostic factors (P < .05). Nineteen articles were included. The overall quality of evidence was moderate. The estimated weighted pooled overall success rates for NSRCT and NSReRCT assessed by CBCT were 41.03% (95% CI: 28.68%-53.95%; I
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.