Categorización del fracaso para el tratamiento endodóntico primario

Objetive: Identify the characteristics of the periapical disease in the primary endodontic treatment, in teeth to individuals person that included in the Speciality in Endodontics of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Methods: Retrospective observational study in a population of 232 teeth from 155 individuals with primary endodontic treatment. A frequency analysis was performed, estimating the prevalence between, the presence of periapical disease and the covariables sex, age, type and location of tooth, previous diagnosis, conditions of endodontic treatment and type of restoration. Results: For the total study population, 24% has been periapical postreatment disease, was categorized in 13,7% as EPD and 10,3% as PPD. The distribution by sex included 59% women and 41% men, age average of 55,8 years. 20% of the analyzed treatments presented a short obturation length, of which 54,3% were associated with EPD. Conclusions: The short obturation length proved to be the factor that registered the greatest clinical relation with the onset of the disease. EPE is recognized as the true failure of primary endodontic treatment.