Inconsistencies in the Assessment of Endodontic Outcomes in Patients with Special Health Care Needs: A Novel Proposal
Pedro Diz Dios, Alfonso Souto Míguez, Lucía García-Caballero, Eliane García Mato, Márcio Diniz-Freitas, Berta Rivas Mundiña · 2026
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Description
Standard rules for judging root canal success lean on X-rays, symptoms, and whether the tooth still works, and Diz Dios and co-authors say those rules misfit patients with special health care needs. Such patients may not cooperate, communicate pain, or sit for imaging, so the team drafted an adapted classification. It drops the function criterion and adds a 'not assessable' category beside favorable, uncertain, and unfavorable.
Applied to 217 treatments in 137 patients, the new scheme rated 40 percent favorable, against 72 percent under standard rules. Most uncertain cases involved neurodevelopmental disorders where checks were impossible. Fewer than 20 percent ended unfavorable.
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| CREATOR | Pedro Diz Dios, Alfonso Souto Míguez, Lucía García-Caballero, Eliane García Mato, Márcio Diniz-Freitas, Berta Rivas Mundiña |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |