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Review
. 2022 Oct 26;19(21):13900.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph192113900.

Guided Endodontics: A Literature Review

Kateryna Kulinkovych-Levchuk  1 , María Pilar Pecci-Lloret  1 , Pablo Castelo-Baz  2 , Miguel Ramón Pecci-Lloret  1 , Ricardo E Oñate-Sánchez  1
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Guided Endodontics: A Literature Review

Kateryna Kulinkovych-Levchuk et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to perform an updated literature review of guided endodontics based on the available up-to-date scientific literature to identify and describe the technique, its benefits, and its limitations. Four electronic databases (PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, and Web of Science) were used to perform a literature search from 1 January 2017 to 13 May 2022. After discarding duplicates, out of 1047 results, a total of 29 articles were eligible for review. Guided endodontics is a novel technique that is currently evolving. It is applied in multiple treatments, especially in accessing and locating root canals in teeth with pulp canal obliteration, microsurgical endodontics, and removing glass fiber posts in endodontic retreatments. In addition, it is independent of an operator's experience, requires less treatment time for the patient, and is more accurate and safer than conventional endodontics.

Keywords: canal obliteration; guided endodontics; literature review.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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