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undertaken and state the sex and age of the patient, the type of tooth treated, the
reason for treatment and the pulpal diagnosis. The questionnaire also asked for
responder demographical data: number of years in practice, employment status,
weekly number of working hours as well as the time devoted to endodontic
Treatment of 1
Caries was sti
(Study II), an<
endodontic pre
treatments. (These data is discussed in section 'Quality-shaping factors in endodontic
treatments').
The treatment
invasive proce
Results (Study II)
The final response proportion was 75.3% (n = 452). The most frequent reason (55%
of all patients) for performing root canal treatment was caries and the majority
involved vital pulp (54%). In the youngest patient group traumatic injury was the only
reason for root canal treatment (Table 1 ). The Danish GDPs carried out retreatment
in 2% of the patients. The reason was most often due to persistent apical
inflammation or suboptimal root filling prior to prosthetic retention.
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(%)
0-15 years 0 0 0 0 0 3 {1)
16--19 years 0 0 6 (1)
20-29 years 48 2 61 {14)
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