Association between periodontitis and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: a case report.

INTRODUCTION: Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in the spinal ligament compresses the spinal cord, causing various spinal nerve diseases. The ligament tissue is an important connective tissue in the joints, teeth, and spine, which, when torn and damaged, reduces the range of movement. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the treatment of periapical periodontitis and tooth preservation in a 41-year-old Japanese woman previously diagnosed with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. She presented with widespread pain from the paranasal sinuses to the head caused by the onset of periapical periodontitis of the upper front tooth. DISCUSSION: The patient received an oral zinc supplement, which resolved periapical periodontitis over a 2-year follow-up period. CONCLUSION: The findings from this case imply that, when patients with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament develop periapical periodontitis, they should be tested for zinc deficiency.

Management of teeth with dens invaginatus and apical periodontitis: A case series.

BACKGROUND: Dens invaginatus is a dental anomaly that can predispose the tooth to pulp and periapical pathology. CASE DESCRIPTION: Different endodontists treated 6 maxillary incisors with dens invaginatus associated with apical periodontitis. Cone-beam computed tomography was used to help with diagnosis and treatment planning in most patients. Four patients received diagnoses of Oehlers type II dens invaginatus and the other 2 as type III. In some patients with type II, the invagination had to be perforated to permit access to the apical part of the true root canal. Both the true canal and the invagination (pseudocanal) were treated in all cases using an antimicrobial regimen based on chemomechanical preparation with sodium hypochlorite irrigation and supplementary disinfection approaches. Calcium hydroxide medication was used in all but 1 case. The root canal and invagination were often filled using thermoplasticized gutta-percha techniques, sometimes using an apical plug with a bioceramic material in teeth with large apical openings. All treated patients had favorable clinical and radiographic outcomes. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Regardless of the complex anatomic variations, common strategic therapeutic approaches were identified that might serve as recommendations for proper management of teeth with dens invaginatus and apical periodontitis. These approaches include cone-beam computed tomographic planning, aggressive disinfection using sodium hypochlorite ultrasonic or sonic activation and calcium hydroxide intracanal medication, and thermoplasticized gutta-percha obturation of both the root canal and invagination.

Análise in vivo da redução bacteriana em dentes portadores de periodontite apical primária e sua correlação com o sucesso do tratamento endodôntico / In vivo analysis of bacterial reduction in teeth with apical periodontitis primary and its correlation with the success of endodontic treatment

O principal objetivo do tratamento endodôntico em dentes com infecções primárias é a cura da periodontite apical, o que ocorre geralmente após a máxima redução de micro-organismos do canal radicular. Métodos microbiológicos moleculares são os métodos de escolha para avaliar a redução de micro-organismos após o tratamento endodôntico por serem mais sensíveis, específicos e precisos do que os métodos baseados em cultura bacteriológica. Entretanto, poucos estudos clínicos avaliaram a eficácia antimicrobiana do tratamento endodôntico por métodos moleculares. Além disso, até o presente momento, não há nenhum estudo correlacionando esses dados com o sucesso do tratamento endodôntico. Portanto, os objetivos do presente estudo foram: (a) avaliar in vivo, por métodos moleculares quantitativos, a concentração de bactérias nos canais radiculares e sua, correlação com aspectos clínicos e radiográficos; (b) correlacionar a redução bacteriana após o tratamento endodôntico com reparo apical após controle radiográfico e tomográfico. Trinta e quatro pacientes portadores de dentes com necrose pulpar e periodontite apical foram selecionados para o estudo. O protocolo de antissepsia consistiu em realizar o Preparo Químico-Cirúrgico (PQC) com sistema Reciproc e NaOCl 2,5%; irrigação final com EDTA-T 17%; e medicação intracanal com pasta de hidróxido de cálcio por 14 dias antes da obturação dos canais radiculares. Foram realizadas coletas microbiológicas dos canais radiculares no início do tratamento e na segunda sessão, após a remoção da medicação intracanal antes da obturação.

As amostras microbiológicas foram analisadas por Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase quantitativa (qPCR) para detecção e quantificação de bactérias utilizando iniciadores universais para o domínio Bactéria. Para análise do sucesso do tratamento endodôntico, foram analisados aspectos clínicos, radiográficos e tomográficos após um período mínimo de controle de 1 ano. Os casos foram classificados em 4 categorias: ausência de rarefação óssea periapical, redução ou aumento e incerto. Bactérias foram observadas em 100% das amostras iniciais coletadas, com concentrações medianas de 1,68 x 106 cópias de DNA. A análise estatística de regressão logística não apresentou correlação entre concentrações de DNA bacteriano com dados clínicos. Após o tratamento endodôntico, as medianas das concentrações de bactérias foram de 8.72 x 102, os resultados mostraram que houve diminuição significativa na concentração de DNA bacteriano (p<0,05), correspondendo a porcentagem de redução de 99.98% nos canais radiculares após os procedimentos de antissepsia. Retornaram para o controle, 20 dos 34 pacientes (58,82%), entre 13 a 22 meses após o tratamento endodôntico. Dois dentes foram extraídos, restando um total de 18 dentes para análise clínica e radiográfica. O sucesso classificado por ausência ou redução da rarefação óssea na radiografia periapical foi observada em 16 dos 18 dentes (88,83%). Dos 2 casos de insucesso radiográfico, um apresentou elevada quantidade de bactérias (>104) persistentes após os procedimentos de antissepsia e um caso apresentou obturação deficiente. Entretanto, a análise estatística de regressão logística não identificou nenhum fator específico associado ao insucesso endodôntico. A análise tomográfica foi realizada em 12 dos 18 pacientes. Os achados tomográficos confirmaram ausência/ redução da rarefação periapical verificada na radiografia, com exceção de um caso onde não houve redução da área da rarefação. Conclui-se que dentes com necrose...

The objectives of the endodontic treatment of teeth with primary infections is the healing of apical periodontitis, which usually occurs after the maximum reduction of micro-organisms in the root canal. Molecular methods are the methods of choice for assessing the reduction of micro-organisms after endodontic treatment to be more sensitive, specific and accurate than methods based on bacteriological culture. The objectives of this study were to evaluate in vivo by molecular methods, the concentration of bacteria in root canals and correlation of bacterial reduction after endodontic treatment with apical repair after radiographic control and CBCT. Thirty four teeth with apical periodontitis, with radiographic evidence of periapical were selected for this study. The root canal preparation of all the teeth was carried out with reciprocating files and 2.5% NaOCl during preparation; and 17% EDTA for smear layer removal. The root canals were medicated with calcium hydroxide for 14 days. Microbiological sampling were performed before the preparation and after intracanal medication. The samples were analyzed by real time PCR, for the detection and quantification of bacteria,. Bacteria were observed in 100% of the initial samples. . Bacteria were observed in 100% of the initial samples, with median concentrations of 1.68 x 106 copies of the DNA. After endodontic treatment, the median bacterial concentrations were 8.72 x 102, the results showed a significant decrease in the concentration of bacterial DNA (p <0.05), corresponding to 99.98% reduction in the percentage of root canals after procedures of antisepsis.

13 to 19 months after treatment, the teeth were examined by using periapical radiography (PA) and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). Area and volume of the periapical lesions were measured, and the outcome was presented in 4 categories: absence, reduction or enlargement of the radiolucency, or uncertain. Lesions were classified as reduced or enlarged when the change in size of the radiolucency was 20% or more. The recall rate was 58,82%, and 18 teeth were analyzed. Success classified by the absence or reduction of bone thinning in periapical radiography was observed in 16 of the 18 teeth (88.83%). CT findings confirmed the absence / reduction of periapical rarefaction observed on radiographs, except for one case. Conclude that teeth with pulp...

[Immediate implantation after extraction of teeth with chronic apical periodontitis].

The authors introduced an original method of intraoperative ozone and postoperative millimeter wave therapy which the short-term and long-term results of clinical, radiological, microbiological and immunological studies proved to enhance efficiency of immediate implantation in preliminary infected areas.

Calcium hydroxide barrier over the apical root-end of a type III dens invaginatus after endodontic and surgical treatment.

AIM: To report the simultaneous endodontic and surgical treatment of a tooth associated with Oehlers type III dens invaginatus and a persistent periapical lesion, which comprised root-end resection, root-end filling and application of a calcium hydroxide barrier placed on the resected dentine surface. SUMMARY: Three root canals were identified in a tooth with a type III dens invaginatus, which presented with a necrotic pulp, wide foraminal opening and extensive periapical lesion, and with a previous history of acute abscess, intracanal exudate and fistula. After root canal preparation followed by intracanal application of calcium hydroxide pastes, the clinical-pathological status persisted. After periapical curettage and root-end resection, the root canals were filled, followed by root-end filling with Sealer 26 mixed with zinc oxide powder to a clay-like consistency. Calcium hydroxide paste was then applied over the exposed dentinal surface forming a covering over the root apex. At the 20-month follow-up examination the patient had no symptoms and no fistula; advanced periapical bone repair was obvious on the radiograph. KEY LEARNING POINTS: Because of the variable morphology and extent of invagination, type III dens invaginatus represents a challenge for conventional treatment, often leading to the need for a surgical approach. Sealer 26 thickened with zinc oxide powder provided satisfactory clinical properties for use as a root-end filling material. Application of a calcium hydroxide barrier over the resected root-end is a potential treatment option to encourage tissue repair.

The effect of fish oil on bone resorption following pulp exposure in rats.

The aim of this study was to determine whether treatment with fish oil may alter the periapical bone resorption following pulp exposure in rats. Untreated and pulp-exposed animals served as the negative and positive control, respectively. Other pulp-exposed animals were orally treated with fish oil at different concentrations and frequencies. Periapical tissue sections were stained with tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP), and then the numbers of both periapical osteodasts and preosteoclasts were determined. The levels of bone resorption were assessed using the osteoclast-bone interface (OBI) index. The results showed that no differences between the numbers of both osteoclasts and preosteoclasts in the fish oil-treated animals and the negative control at day 14 could be found. Similarly, the periapical bone resorption in the animals treated with fish oil for 14 days significantly reduced to the levels of that in the negative control. The results of the present study, therefore, suggest that oral treatment with fish oil may inhibit bone resorption following pulp exposure in rats and hence, may have a therapeutic modality for inflamed periradicular tissue.

Observation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in blood of patient undergoing root canal treatment.

In this study, an unusual observation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolated from an infected root canal and from the blood of a patient undergoing endodontic therapy of a tooth with asymptomatic apical periodontitis is reported. Phenotypic (biochemical tests, antifungal susceptibility tests and SDS-PAGE of cellular proteins) and genetic (ribotyping) methods were used to characterize the strains. By using these methods it was found that the blood and root canal isolates were identical but differed from S. cerevisiae strains of other sources. It was therefore more than likely that the root canal was the source of the blood isolate and that it had been transferred unintentionally to the bloodstream during root canal treatment.

[The use of taktivin in experimental apical periodontitis exacerbated by a secondary immunodeficiency state]. / Primenenie taktivina pri éksperimental'nom verkhushechnom periodontite, otiagoshchennym vtorichnym immunodefitsitnym sostoianiem.

Apical periodontitis was simulated in 100 white rats with secondary immunodeficiency induced by a single total x-ray irradiation with the RUM [correction of PYM]-17 device. Nonspecific resistance of the rat body was assessed from the neutrophilic phagocytic activity, serum bactericidal activity, lysozyme and complement levels. These parameters were found reduced in the experimental animals; x-ray examinations revealed changes round the dental root apices. Daily injections of tactivin for 10 days in a dose 2-5 mg/kg b.m. resulted in elevation of the nonspecific resistance parameters, and the x-ray picture in this group of animals was the same as in intact controls; therefore, tactivin normalized the immunity system status and indirectly improved the clinical course of apical periodontitis.