Effectiveness of Vitapex® Pulpectomy Treatment of Primary Teeth: A Retrospective Study
This retrospective study was to evaluate the effectiveness of root canal treatment using vitapex as a filling material in primary teeth in children aged 4-12 years at Pedodontics clinic, Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai University. The 34 completed treatment record of root canal treatment using Vitapex® were obtained. All selected clinical and radiographic records before and after treatment were evaluated and compared. It was found that 85.29% of the cases were successfully treated at 2 to 48 month follow-up period. Success rates tended to decrease with the increase of follow up periods. The data indicated that Vitapex® is another considerably good root canal filling material for pulpectomy in primary teeth. It gives a good success rate of treatment and eases to use.
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