The College of Dentistry at the University of Baghdad discussed the doctoral thesis entitled: Clinical and radiological outcomes for 12 months of root canal treatment after conventional access cavities versus conservative access cavities: a randomized controlled clinical trial. By the student Ahmed Muthanna Jassim.
The aim of the thesis: Evaluating the effect of conservative endodontic access cavities and conventional endodontic access cavities during root canal fillings in posterior teeth.
The thesis also included: Taking into account several outcome parameters: reduction of microbes, pain level after root canal filling, and success rate of root canal fillings.
The most important recommendations reached by the study: There was no significant difference in clinical outcomes for one year, or radiographic results (periapical and CBCT), or combined outcomes (clinical and radiographic) between conventional and conservative treatment types, between males and females, or between premolars and molars. There were also no statistically significant differences in bacterial counts before and after root canal preparation between conventional and conservative access cavity groups, between premolars and molars, or between males and females. There were also no statistically significant differences in pain levels before root canal filling or pain levels after root canal filling between conventional and conservative access cavity groups, between premolars and molars, or between males and females. The thesis was accepted by the discussion committee.
