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Table 1 Clinical and radiographic findings of teeth receiving RET with BC or PRF as scaffold at 1-year Follow-up

From: The efficacy of platelet-rich fibrin as a scaffold in regenerative endodontic treatment: a retrospective controlled cohort study

Procedure performed

Preoperative variables

Postoperative variables at 1-year follow-up

     

Radiographic findings

Sign and symptom

Sensitivity test

 

Tooth# (age/sex)

Aetiology

Pulp/periapical conditions

Foramina development (Nolla’s stage)

Periapical healing

Apex closure

Root elongation

Dentinal wall thickening

Resolution

EPT/Cold test (time)

RET with a BC (average age = 11.6 y)

45 (10 y/F)

DE

AP

8

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+(6 m)

 

45 (12 y/M)

DE

AP

8

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

–

 

45 (12 y/F)

DE

AP

8

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

–

 

45 (12 y/F)

DE

AP

8

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

–

 

11 (12 y/M)

Tooth fracture

AP

8

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

–

RET with PRF (average age = 11.4 y)

35 (10 y/M)

DE

AP

8

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

–

 

45 (12 y/F)

DE

AP

8

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ (6 m)

 

35 (12 y/M)

DE

AP

8

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ (9 m)

 

45 (14 y/F)

DE

AP

8

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

–

 

21 (9 y/M)

Tooth fracture

AP

8

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ (9 m)

  1. RET regenerative endodontic treatment, BC blood clot, PRF platelet-rich fibrin, F female, M male, DE dens evaginatus, AP apical periodontitis; +, positive; −, negative