Clinical outcome of endodontic microsurgery that uses EndoSequence BC root repair material as the root-end filling material.

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this retrospective study was to determine the clinical and radiographic outcome of root-end surgery when EndoSequence BC Root Repair (ES-BCRR) was used as the root-end filling material and to identify any possible prognostic factors that may have affected the healing outcome. METHODS: Clinical records and periapical radiographs were collected from patients who had undergone endodontic microsurgery between 2009 and 2013 in a private endodontic office and had a minimum 1-year follow-up. All surgical procedures were performed by a single endodontist. ES-BCRR was used as the root-end filling material in all cases. Outcome was categorized into healed, healing, and non-healing on the basis of clinical and radiographic findings. The healed and healing cases were pooled and considered as success, and non-healing cases were considered failure. For statistical analysis of the prognostic factors, the dependent variable was the dichotomous outcome (ie, success versus failure). RESULTS: Ninety-four patients with 113 teeth met the inclusion criteria and were included in the study. The overall success rate was 92.0%. None of the prognostic factors, including age, sex, tooth position, size of periapical radiolucency, presence of a sinus tract, preoperative symptoms, and retreatment previous to surgery, appeared to have any significant effects on the outcome (P > .05). CONCLUSIONS: This current study suggests that ES-BCRR is a suitable root-end filling material to be used in endodontic surgery.