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Association of the location of instrument fracture and its retrieval
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CHRIS NOEL TIMOTHY, S. DELPHINE PRISCILLA ANTONY, SURESH V
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Separation of endodontic instruments within the root canal is an unfortunate occurrence that may hinder root canal procedures and affect the outcome. It is a multifactorial process and assessment of the risk factors is primary in the prevention of instrument fracture. Once instrument fracture occurs inside the root canal, the process of instrument retrieval is technically difficult and time consuming.The aim of this study is to correlate the location and retrieval of fractured endodontic instruments.This was a comparative, descriptive study, where the data of the patients who reported to the dental clinics in saveetha dental college, SIMATS, Chennai, India, was obtained from patient records. Data was collected and tabulated.the collected data was further analyzed, recorded in microsoft excel software and was subjected to statistical analysis using IBM SPSS statistics analyzer. The total sample size of the current study was 18 cases. In this study, we observed significant correlation between the location of the instrument fracture and the technique used to retrieve it (p value < 0.05). Within the limitations of the current study, we observed that the most common location of instrument fracture was found to be in single rooted teeth and the most common technique used for the retrieval of the fractured instrument was ultrasonics, although mechanical means of retrieval were more preferred for single rooted teeth.
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Instrument ; fracture ; canal ; ultrasonics ; retrieval ; mechanical ; techniques ; location.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.SP2.227
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