Prevalence of Endodontically Treated Teeth in Baghdad Sub Population Abdulredah Nadeen Jamal1,*, Abbas Farah Salahaldeen1 1Department of Conservative Dentistry, Dental College, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq *Corresponding Author: Nadeen Jamal Abdulredah, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Dental College, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq, Email: nadinejamal82@gmail.com
Online published on 23 December, 2019. Abstract Aim To determine the pattern of demand for endodontic treatment among patients attending Aleulawih dental speciality center in Baghdad, Iraq. Method A retrospective review of the patients’ dental records who attended the Conservative Dental Clinic of Aleulawih dental speciality center in Baghdad, Iraq from January 2018 to October 2018 for root canal therapy (RCT) was done. The demographic and clinical data were retrieved from the patients’ records and analyzed using the SPSS version 20. The data were categorized as follows: 1-The total number of maxillary and mandibular teeth. 2-The number of each individual tooth group treated. 3-The number of teeth treated in age groups (10–19, 20–29, 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, 60–69, 70 and above) years. 4-The total number of treatments performed in males and females patients. Results and Conclusion The maxillary teeth showed higher percentage (56.3%) of root canal treatment than mandibular teeth (43.7%), while mandibular 1st molars show higher percentage (56.2%) in the treated cases than other teeth. The highest incidence of root canal treatment was found in the age group twenty to twenty-nine (29.2%). The male patients were more frequent (50.3%) than female patients. Top Keywords Endodontic epidemiology, Patient demands, Retrospective study, Root canal therapy. Top |