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Prevalence of apical periodontitis and quality of root canal treatment in an adult Saudi population

Saad A. Al-Nazhan, Suliman A. Alsaeed, Hussan A. Al-Attas, Abdullah J. Dohaithem, Mohamed S. Al-Serhan and Nassr S. Al-Maflehi
Saudi Medical Journal April 2017, 38 (4) 413-421; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.4.16409
Saad A. Al-Nazhan
From the Department of Restorative Dental Science, Division of Endodontics (Al-Nazhan), College of Dentistry, Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, Biostatistics (Al-Maflehi), King Saud University, Department of Orthodontics (Alsaeed), College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences (Al-Attas), College of Dentistry, Najran University, Najran, Department of Dental (Dohaithem), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, and Department of Dental (Al-Serhan), Al-Baha Dental Center, Al-Baha City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Suliman A. Alsaeed
From the Department of Restorative Dental Science, Division of Endodontics (Al-Nazhan), College of Dentistry, Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, Biostatistics (Al-Maflehi), King Saud University, Department of Orthodontics (Alsaeed), College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences (Al-Attas), College of Dentistry, Najran University, Najran, Department of Dental (Dohaithem), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, and Department of Dental (Al-Serhan), Al-Baha Dental Center, Al-Baha City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hussan A. Al-Attas
From the Department of Restorative Dental Science, Division of Endodontics (Al-Nazhan), College of Dentistry, Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, Biostatistics (Al-Maflehi), King Saud University, Department of Orthodontics (Alsaeed), College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences (Al-Attas), College of Dentistry, Najran University, Najran, Department of Dental (Dohaithem), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, and Department of Dental (Al-Serhan), Al-Baha Dental Center, Al-Baha City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdullah J. Dohaithem
From the Department of Restorative Dental Science, Division of Endodontics (Al-Nazhan), College of Dentistry, Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, Biostatistics (Al-Maflehi), King Saud University, Department of Orthodontics (Alsaeed), College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences (Al-Attas), College of Dentistry, Najran University, Najran, Department of Dental (Dohaithem), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, and Department of Dental (Al-Serhan), Al-Baha Dental Center, Al-Baha City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohamed S. Al-Serhan
From the Department of Restorative Dental Science, Division of Endodontics (Al-Nazhan), College of Dentistry, Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, Biostatistics (Al-Maflehi), King Saud University, Department of Orthodontics (Alsaeed), College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences (Al-Attas), College of Dentistry, Najran University, Najran, Department of Dental (Dohaithem), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, and Department of Dental (Al-Serhan), Al-Baha Dental Center, Al-Baha City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Nassr S. Al-Maflehi
From the Department of Restorative Dental Science, Division of Endodontics (Al-Nazhan), College of Dentistry, Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, Biostatistics (Al-Maflehi), King Saud University, Department of Orthodontics (Alsaeed), College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences (Al-Attas), College of Dentistry, Najran University, Najran, Department of Dental (Dohaithem), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, and Department of Dental (Al-Serhan), Al-Baha Dental Center, Al-Baha City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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vol. 38 no. 4 413-421
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.4.16409
PubMed 
28397949

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
History 
  • Received October 6, 2016
  • Accepted January 25, 2017
  • Published online April 1, 2017.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Saad A. Al-Nazhan, BDS, MSD⇑,
  2. Suliman A. Alsaeed, BDS,
  3. Hussan A. Al-Attas, BDS, SBARD Cert,
  4. Abdullah J. Dohaithem, BDS, SEndo Bord,
  5. Mohamed S. Al-Serhan, BDS, SEndo Bord and
  6. Nassr S. Al-Maflehi, BSc, MSc
  1. From the Department of Restorative Dental Science, Division of Endodontics (Al-Nazhan), College of Dentistry, Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, Biostatistics (Al-Maflehi), King Saud University, Department of Orthodontics (Alsaeed), College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences (Al-Attas), College of Dentistry, Najran University, Najran, Department of Dental (Dohaithem), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, and Department of Dental (Al-Serhan), Al-Baha Dental Center, Al-Baha City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Prof. Saad A. Al-Nazhan, Department of Restorative Dental Science, Division of Endodontics, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: snazhan{at}ksu.edu.sa / saadnazhan{at}gmail.com ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5997-0330
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