Non-surgical endodontic retreatments in Brazil’s public dental services: a 15-year nationwide register-based study

Abstract The objective of this study was to analyze the provision of non-surgical endodontic retreatments in Brazil's public dental services from 2008 to 2022. A time series was outlined for this purpose. The annual numbers of non-surgical endodontic retreatments were retrieved from the Brazili...

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Published in:Brazilian dental journal 2024, Vol.35
Main Authors: Litaiff, Guibson da Silva, Lima, Ricardo Barbosa, Freitas Miranda-Filho, Aluísio Eustáquio de, Nelson-Filho, Paulo, Silva, Raquel Assed Bezerra da, Silva, Léa Assed Bezerra da
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Summary:Abstract The objective of this study was to analyze the provision of non-surgical endodontic retreatments in Brazil's public dental services from 2008 to 2022. A time series was outlined for this purpose. The annual numbers of non-surgical endodontic retreatments were retrieved from the Brazilian National Outpatient Information System and adjusted per 100,000 inhabitants to obtain the incidence between 2008 and 2022. Comparison of the incidence between types of teeth, temporal trend estimation, and evaluation of the COVID-19 pandemic-related impacts were conducted with a significance level of 5%. In this timeframe, 1,270,182 non-surgical endodontic retreatments were carried out. A higher incidence was observed among single-rooted teeth (328/100,000) when compared to double-rooted (183/100,000) and multi-rooted teeth (112/100,000) (p
ISSN:0103-6440
1806-4760
DOI:10.1590/0103-644020246004