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Endodontic Indications among Patients Visiting a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

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creativeworkseries.issnJNMA Print ISSN: 0028-2715; Online ISSN: 1815-672X
dc.contributor.authorKunwar, Deepa
dc.contributor.authorManandhar, Archana
dc.contributor.authorGurung, Gita
dc.contributor.authorKhadka, Jwolan
dc.contributor.authorNepal, Manisha
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-20T05:32:32Z
dc.date.available2026-02-20T05:32:32Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionDeepa Kunwar Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Gandaki Medical College, Pokhara, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1146-9029 Archana Manandhar Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Gandaki Medical College,Pokhara, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1631-419X Gita Gurung Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Gandaki Medical College, Pokhara, Nepal Jwolan Khadka Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Kist Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal Manisha Nepal Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics,Universal College of Medical Science, Bhairhawa, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4654-6848
dc.description.abstractAbstract: Introduction: Endodontics is the study of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases or injuries to the dental pulp. The ultimate goal of modern dental care is tooth preservation and root canal therapy/treatment is an available therapeutic strategy to retain teeth. The aim of the study is to find the prevalence of patients visiting a tertiary care center who had endodontic indications. Methods: The descriptive cross-sectional study included 516 patients accepted for endodontic treatment, between August 2019 and December 2019 in a tertiary care center. Ethical approval was taken from the ethical review board of Nepal Health Research Council (reference number: 425-2019). Convenience sampling method was used. The data were entered in Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20 software and analysed using descriptive statistics. Point estimate at 95% confidence interval was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data. Results: Out of 1740 patients, 516 (29.66%) (95% Confidence Interval= 21.46% - 27.51%) had endodontic indications. Symptomatic irreversible pulpitis 306 (59.30%) was the most prevalent pulpal disease. Maxillary teeth 300 (58.13%) had more endodontic diseases. While in individual dental elements most affected by endodontic diseases was the mandibular molar teeth 149 (28.87%). Females 348 (67.44%) were predominant for demanding endodontic management than males 168 (32.5%). Conclusions: More female patients and of younger age group in this study population demanded endodontic treatment. Irreversible pulpitis was responsible for the majority of the cases treated and more affected were the posterior teeth
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.5424
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/4818
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNepal Medical Association
dc.subjectendodontics
dc.subjectpulpitis
dc.subjectroot canal treatment
dc.titleEndodontic Indications among Patients Visiting a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
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