Biomedical subjects

R N Dodds

Publications and source records attributed to R N Dodds.

9 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1991

Healing of periapical radiolucencies after nonsurgical endodontic therapy.

Eighty-nine periapical radiolucencies treated by nonsurgical endodontic therapy were evaluated to better understand the healing rates of these lesions. After at least 3 months after treatment, radiographs revealed that 46.1% of the lesions had resolved, 48.3% had undergone partial resolution, 2.2% were unchanged, and 3.4% were larger. The average radiographic rate of repair was 3.2 mm2/mo. Less than 6 months after treatment, 17.6% of lesions demonstrated complete radiographic resolution, whereas 70.6% showed radiographic resolution at 12 months or longer.

Adult↗

PubMed1990

Chronic facial pain associated with endodontic therapy.

Retrospective study was done on 118 patients who underwent nonsurgical endodontics and then surgical endodontics. Seventy-nine patients had pain before nonsurgical endodontics, and an additional 39 were pain free. After the open surgical procedure, six patients (5%) had continual pain and were considered failures. Three patients (2.5%) were thought to have had posttraumatic dysesthesia, and the other three (2.5%) were considered to have phantom tooth pain. Possible mechanisms for each chronic pain type are discussed.

Agnosia↗

PubMed1989

Periradicular healing in a renal transplant patient.

A patient with a renal transplant was referred for endodontic treatment due to a large radiolucent area surrounding three mandibular anterior teeth. Nonsurgical endodontic treatment was unsuccessful but subsequent periradicular curettage resulted in complete radiographic healing.

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PubMed1984