Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Radiographic interpretation of endodontic file length.

V S Cox1, C E Brown, S L Bricker

  • 1Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis 46202.

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, and Oral Pathology
|September 11, 1991
PubMed
Summary

Dentists

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Search for Light Pseudoscalar Bosons, Pair-Produced in Higgs Boson Decays in the Four-Electron Final State in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt[s]=13  TeV.

Physical review letters·2026
Same author

First Evidence for Mixing-Induced CP Violation in B_{s}^{0}→J/ψϕ(1020) Decays in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=13  TeV.

Physical review letters·2026
Same author

Observation of Suppressed Charged-Particle Production in Ultrarelativistic Oxygen-Oxygen Collisions.

Physical review letters·2026
Same author

Measurement of D^{0} Meson Photoproduction in Ultraperipheral Heavy Ion Collisions.

Physical review letters·2026
Same author

Observation of tWZ Production at the CMS Experiment.

Physical review letters·2026
Same author

First Exclusive Reconstruction of the B^{*+}, B^{*0}, and B_{s}^{*0} Mesons and Precise Measurement of Their Masses.

Physical review letters·2026

Area of Science:

  • Dentistry
  • Radiology
  • Endodontics

Background:

  • Accurate root canal length determination is crucial for successful endodontic treatment.
  • Radiographs are commonly used to assess file placement during endodontic procedures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the accuracy of dental examiners in determining root canal file length adjustments using only radiographs.
  • To assess the precision of visual estimation of file length without measurement tools.

Main Methods:

  • Nine dental examiners assessed radiographs of root canals with endodontic files (sizes 10 and 15) placed in extracted teeth.
  • Examiners estimated necessary file length adjustments without using measuring devices.
  • Agreement levels were analyzed for adjustments up to 0.5 mm, 0.5-1.0 mm, and greater than 1.0 mm.

Main Results:

  • Examiners achieved 67.91% agreement for file length adjustments up to 0.5 mm.
  • Agreement decreased significantly for larger adjustments: 17.76% for 0.5-1.0 mm and 14.33% for >1.0 mm.
  • Visual estimation of file length from radiographs alone shows limited accuracy, especially for larger discrepancies.

Conclusions:

  • Determining precise endodontic file length solely from radiographs without measurement aids is challenging.
  • Clinicians may require adjunctive methods or enhanced training for accurate file length assessment.
  • The study highlights potential inaccuracies in radiographic interpretation for file length adjustments in endodontics.

Related Experiment Videos