Outcome Assessment Test #2 Flashcards
Who are the Stakeholders in dentistry?
- Patients
- Insurance companies
- Dentist
What is a functional asymptomatic teeth with no or minimal periradicular pathosis after treatment?
-Healed
What is a nonfunctional, symptomatic teeth with or without periradicular pathosis after treatment?
-Non healed
What are teeth with periradicular pathosis that are asymptomatic and functional, or teeth with or without periradicular pathosis that are symptomatic but for which the intended function is not altered after treatement?
-Healing
How long do you evaluate the work you’ve done?
6 months to 5 yrs
What are the methods of evaluation for a patient?
- Patient history
- Clinical exam
- Radiographic findings
- Histological findings
T/F Cold means you missed a canal in a multirooted tooth after you did treatment
True
T/F The absence of symptoms signifies success
False
-Does not
What do you want to see in your clinical exam of your outcome assessment?
- Absence of symptoms
- Absence of swelling, infection, and inflammation
- Disappearance of sinus tract
- No evidence of soft tissue destruction
- Tooth is restored and in full function
When looking at the radiographic findings when assessing your outcome of treatment what defines radiographic success?
-Absence of lucency
When looking at the radiographic findings when assessing your outcome of treatment what defines radiographic failure??
-Persistence or development of lucency
What is radiographic uncertainty?
-No change in lucency and asymptomatic and in function
What is the long term survival rate of root canals?
-90%
What three systemic problems/diseases lead to more extractions of endodontically treated teeth?
- Diabetes mellitus
- Hypertension
- Coronary artery disease
What are 4 things that determine the success of obturation in a radiograph?
- Density
- Taper
- Voids
- Length
