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Table 6 Quality of root canal fillings according to root canal type

From: An audit of root canal filling quality performed by undergraduate pre-clinical dental students, Yemen

 

Length

Density

Taper

Inadequate

Adequate

Inadequate

Adequate

Inadequate

Adequate

Mesial (n = 5)

1 (20.0)

4 (80.0)

3 (60.0)

2 (40.0)

4 (80.0)

1 (20.0)

Distal (n = 100)

35 (35.0)

65 (65.0)

83 (83.0)

17 (17.0)

88 (88.0)

12 (12.0)

Palatal (n = 123)

60 (48.8)

63 (51.2)

96 (78.0)

27 (22.0)

101 (82.1)

22 (17.9)

Buccal (n = 31)

16 (51.6)

15 (48.4)

18 (58.1)

13 (41.9)

23 (74.2)

8 (25.8)

One canal (n = 108)

20 (18.5)

88 (81.5)

83 (76.9)

25 (23.1)

71 (65.7)

37 (34.3)

Mesiolingual (n = 95)

48 (50.5)

47 (49.5)

92 (96.8)

3 (3.2)

91 (95.8)

4 (4.2)

Mesiobuccal (n = 187)

108 (57.8)

79 (42.2)

180 (96.3)

7 (3.7)

174 (93.0)

13 (7.0)

Distobuccal (n = 92)

57 (62.0)

35 (38.0)

89 (96.7)

3 (3.3)

84 (91.3)

8 (8.7)

Total (n = 741)

345 (46.6)

396 (53.4)

644 (86.9)

97 (13.1)

636 (85.8)

105 (14.2)

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

  1. Boldface refers to significance at P value < 0.05