Cemental changes in teeth with heavily infected root canals

Author: Armitage GC, Ryder MI, Wilcox SE.

Source: Journal of Endodontics.

Year: 1983

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Abstract / Excerpt:

The prevalence of “pathological granules” in the unexposed cementum of 20 teeth with pulpitis was compared with that of 20 teeth with heavily infected root canals. It was found that 35% of the teeth with microbe-laden root canals exhibited this cemental change. Teeth with pulpitis, but without massive numbers of bacteria in their root canals, did not have this structural change. The results support the suggestion that bacteria play an important role in the formation of pathological granules in cementum and the underlying dentin.

Citation: Armitage GC, Ryder MI, Wilcox SE. Cemental changes in teeth with heavily infected root canals. Journal of Endodontics. 1983;9(4):127-30.