Causes of post treatment apical periodontitis

Authors

  • Mohammad Khaled Aljifan North Jeddah Specialist Dental Center, King Abdullah Medical Complex, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Ali Mohammed Al Rowaily Dental Department, Uranus Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Haitham Abdullah Alzahrani Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Khalid Mirae Al Qahtani Coral Clinic, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Saeed Mohammad Bahattab College of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Turki Mohammed Bin Eshaq College of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Mohammed Ali Alqahtani West Riyadh Dental Complex, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Manar Ali Alhomood College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
  • Zamil Abdullah Alomar Primary Health Care, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Taher Ahmed Sultan College of Dentistry, Vision Colleges, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Ayman Olian Alsubhi College of Dentistry, Vision Colleges, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20220031

Keywords:

Periodontitis, Post-treatment complications, Endodontic, Etiology

Abstract

Endodontic treatment approaches aim to achieve proper treatment and prevention of apical periodontitis to enhance the oral health status and enhance the prognosis of affected teeth. However, many complications can develop secondary to endodontic treatment. The management of post-treatment apical periodontitis might be challenging to clinicians, and the prognosis is usually lower than that of primary apical periodontitis. Therefore, identifying the potential etiology and intervening against them might be ideal for these cases. The present literature review discusses the commonest causes reported in the literature to predispose to the development of post-treatment apical periodontitis. Most of the various investigations in the literature indicate that post-treatment apical periodontitis is usually caused by either extraradicular or intraradicular infections, like primary apical periodontitis. However, it should be noted that some studies also reported that technical or procedural errors might predispose to the pathogenesis of the condition. However, it has been reported that the presence of associated bacterial infection conditions this.

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Published

2022-01-28

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Aljifan, M. K., Al Rowaily, A. M., Alzahrani, H. A., Al Qahtani, K. M., Bahattab, S. M., Bin Eshaq, T. M., Ali Alqahtani, M., Ali Alhomood, M., Alomar, Z. A., Sultan, T. A., & Alsubhi, A. O. (2022). Causes of post treatment apical periodontitis. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 9(2), 952–957. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20220031

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