A retrospective analysis of root canal treatment done in maxillary premolars with non carious cervical lesions in patients attending a private dental institution in chennai

Abstract

Tooth hypersensitivity is defined as pain caused by a non noxious stimulus. Teeth with exposed dentin or gingival recession are subject to dentin hypersensitivity. Tooth hypersensitivity can occur owing to abrasion, erosion and abfraction. Non-carious cervical lesions are most common in the middle to older age group. So the aim of our study was to report the number of root canal treatment done in maxillary premolars with non-carious cervical lesions. 150 patients case records with  maxillary premolars in which root canal treatment was done was taken as the study population. Results were obtained and statistically analysed through SPSS software. Chi square test was done with age, gender and tooth number as parameters. The analysis showed that out of the 150 case records examined 25 cases had root canal treatment done due to non-carious cervical lesions. Within the limitations of our study, it has been concluded that most of the root canal therapies are done in older age group mainly due to abrasions, erosion and abfraction. So when encountering hypersensitivity or pain in older age group, non-carious cervical lesions should be considered as the main etiology.