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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Prevalence and Distribution of Apical Periodontitis in Root Canal-Treated Teeth: A Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Study in a Saudi Subpopulation.

Obadah Austah, Lama Alghamdi, Amjad Alshamrani, Taggreed Wazzan, Mohammed Barayan, Mohammed A Alharbi, Abdullah Bokhary, Loai Alsofi

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Obadah AustahDepartment of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80209, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2518-8754
Lama AlghamdiDepartment of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80209, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Amjad AlshamraniDepartment of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80209, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Taggreed WazzanDivision of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, University Dental Hospital, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80209, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed BarayanDivision of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80209, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed A AlharbiDepartment of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80209, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah BokharyDepartment of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80209, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0007-7854-4357
Loai AlsofiDepartment of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80209, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-0430-0268

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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apical periodontitisAP-RCTCBCTcone-beam computed tomographyendodonticsepidemiologyperiapical diseaseprevalenceroot canal treatment

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