Umaish Lal, Yawar Ali Abidi S, Saqib Rashid.
Reasons for root canal treatment in the Department of Endodontics of Fatima Jinnah Dental College Hospital, Karachi.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;23(2):151-2.

To determine the reasons for root canal treatment in the department of endodontics of Fatima Jinnah Dental College Hospital, Karachi, specifically designed proformas were distributed among the Demonstrators, House officers and postgraduate trainees performing treatments in the department of endodontics. They were asked to record the reasons for root canal treatment of a tooth in a one month period. The data were collected for 200 root canal treatments. Irreversible pulpitis (40%) was the most common reason for RCT followed by necrosed pulp (23%). Irreversible pulpitis was the most common reason for the root canal treatments.

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