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endodontic therapy lasts a

Tue, 11/18/2008 - 23:12 — scott (not verified)

endodontic therapy lasts a lifetime? i cannot count how many endo-treated teeth i have removed and replaced with implants due to endodontic, decay, root fracture, asbcess complications. no, i think this is a biased study to help the AAE stay afloat and although i always recommend RCT for good teeth, endo for bad teeth is a much-poorer option IMO than implant therapy. teeth which need RCT and have a good prognosis are not implant candidates anyway, so this comparison is not the same as teeth which are bad and will have a poor outcome even if the endodontist/GP can get a great RCT done. we cant compare teeth which are implant candidates that get root canals versus teeth which need implants and not root canals. this study seems biased and weird, without reading it.

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