Background: Increased dental patient education and awareness in conjunction with technological advancements have helped to promote the view that dentition should remain throughout people’s lives. The present study was conducted to evaluate the causes of endodontic failures. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted on 64 patients of both genders. A total of 120 endodontic treated teeth were evaluated. General information such as name, age, gender etc was noted. Intraoral periapical (IOPA) radiograph was used for assessment of missed canal, inadequate obturation and fractured coronal obturation. Results: out of 64 patients, males were 32 and females were 32. Males had 70 and females had 50 teeth. common reason of endodontic failure was missed canal 25% in males and 38% in females, inadequate obturation 35% in males and 10% in females and fractured coronal obturation 40% in males and 52% in females. The difference was significant (P<0.05). Conclusion: Author found that endodontic failure is a common phenomenon. The most common reasons are missed canal, inadequate obturation and fractured coronal obturation.
Key words: Endodontic, Failure, Missed

Received: 4 February, 2019                                     Revised: 24 February, 2019                           Accepted: 27 February, 2019
Corresponding author: Dr. Rohit Chauhan, Reader, Department of Periodontics,, Institute of Dental Education and Advance Studies, Gwalior, M.P., India

This article may be cited as: Chauhan R, Singh R, Singh P, Dawar S,  Chauhan S, Kumari A. Evaluation of various causes of endodontic failures- A clinical study. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2019; 5(1):108-110.