RESHMA RAJASEKHAR, SOORAJ SOMAN, VARSHA MARİA SEBASTİAN, SABİR MULİYAR, NİLEENA MARY CHERİAN
International Dental Research - 2022;12(2):97-106
Assessment of periapical health is important for the diagnosis, treatment planning, and evaluation of endodontic treatment outcomes. Radiographic evaluation of the status of the teeth is the most common modality used for assessing the periapical condition. Therefore, different radiographic indexes have been developed, which are used widely in clinical and epidemiological studies. With the advances in imaging, three-dimensional imaging techniques using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) are very popular now. Indexes based on CBCT, which analyses the condition of tooth in different planes, have been found to give a more accurate assessment of periapical conditions compared to conventional radiography. This review aims to summarize different indexes developed for assessing periapical health.
