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YÖKSİS Eşleşti
Calcifications of the pulp chamber: Prevalence and implicated factors
Clinical Oral Investigations · Ocak 2009
YÖKSİS Kayıtları
Calcifications of the pulp chamber prevalence and implicated factors
Clin Oral Investig · 2009 SCI-Expanded 7 atıf
PROFESÖR FUNDA KONT ÇOBANKARA →
Makale Bilgileri
DergiClinical Oral Investigations
Yayın TarihiOcak 2009
Cilt / Sayfa13 · 209-215
Scopus ID2-s2.0-67649399234
Özet
The objectives of this study were to describe the prevalence of pulp chamber calcifications in a sample of Turkish dental patients and to report associations between presence of pulp chamber calcifications and dental status, gender, age, and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Data were collected through radiographic examination of periapical and bitewing radiographs of 15,326 teeth from 536 dental patients, comprising 270 male and 266 female patients aged between 13 and 65 years. Definite radiopaque focuses inside the radiolucent pulp chamber were defined as pulp chamber calcifications. When the pulp chamber was completely radiolucent, that tooth was scored as tooth without pulp chamber calcification. The dental status was scored as intact, carious, restored, or restored + carious. Pulp chamber calcifications were identified in 204 (38%) patients examined. Of the 15,326 teeth, 747 (4.8%) had pulp chamber calcifications. Gender and dental status were found to be correlated with the presence of pulp chamber calcifications. The high prevalence of pulp chamber calcifications in carious, restored, and restored + carious teeth support the view that the occurrence of pulp chamber calcifications can be a response to long-standing irritants. However, to report any associations between occurrence of pulp chamber calcifications and different dental or clinical status, further studies are still needed. © Springer-Verlag 2008.
Yazarlar (3)
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Sevgi Şener
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Funda Kont Cobankara
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Faruk Akgünlü
Anahtar Kelimeler
Calcification
Etiology
Prevalence
Pulp
Kurumlar
Selçuk Üniversitesi
Selçuklu Turkey
Metrikler
73
Atıf
3
Yazar
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Anahtar Kelime