General dental practitioners' fees for root canal treatment, coronal restoration and follow-on treatment in the adult population in Sweden: A 10-year follow-up of data from the Swedish Dental Register.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To analyze the accumulated fees connected with root filling, permanent coronal restoration and follow-on treatment charged by Swedish dentists over a 10-11-year follow-up period. Furthermore, analyzing these fees with reference to the type of restoration, tooth group, and the root-filled teeth which survived compared to those requiring extraction.

Material and methods

In 2009, the data register of the Swedish Social Insurance Agency recorded a total of 215,611 teeth as root-filled. The accumulated fees for each tooth encompassed the following interventions: initial root filling, coronal restorations, and follow-up treatments during the designated period. The outcomes were analyzed using descriptive and analytic statistics, including t tests and one-way analysis of

SUBMITTER: Wigsten E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10860445 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature