Endodontic Epidemiology: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Abstract

Pulpitis is a common occurrence in clinical practice. To date, few systematic reviews have evaluated the epidemiology of various treatment modalities in endodontics. The objective of this study is to analyse the epidemiology of endodontics as presented in various publications. Methodology :Clinical, experimental and review reports were searched in PubMed, Cochrane databases and Google Scholar for scientific literature in November 2019, using the search phrase “endodontic epidemiology” Results : Of the eight potentially relevant publications, six of which were randomised controlled trials, with no statistically significant results, one was a systematic review and the other was a cross-sectional study. Conclusion: Endodontic epidemiological studies are being conducted, however the results are not statistically significant. This does not necessarily mean that the results of such studies obtained cannot be applied clinically