Outcome of Initial Endodontic Treatment Performed, by One Specialist, in 122 Tunisian Patients: A Retrospective Study

Table 3

Bivariate distribution of initial endodontic prognostic factors.

Prognostic factors	N/%^a	Success^b (N/%)	value^c	OR^d	CI95%^e
Preoperative
Gender			1	0.88	0.19–3.27
Female	114/55.8	104/91.2
Male	51/44.3	47/92.2
Tooth location			0.12	2.57	0.72–9.19
Maxilla	116	109/94
Mandible	49	42/85.7
Vital pulp			0.04	4.50	0.95–42.75
Yes	67	65/97
No	98	86/87.7
Apical periodontitis			0.02	3.76	1.02–17.18
No	95	91/95.8
Yes	70	60/85.7
Intraoperative
Treatment session			0.19	4.01	0.56–176.02
1	36	35/97.2
2	129	116/90
Complication			0.13	0.25	0.039–2.81
No	151	145/96
Yes	8	6/75
Adequate root canal filling level			0.11	2.75	0.57–10.83
Yes	142	132/92.6
No	23	19/82.6
Postoperative
Restoration			0.005	6.92	1.55–28.36
Permanent	149	140/94
Temporary	16	11/68.7

^aTotal number of teeth and correspondent percentages; ^bnumber of successful cases and success rates; ^cFisher’s exact tests are used; ^dodds ratio; ^e95% confidence interval. Statistically significant values are shown in bold.