Root Canal Configuration and Its Relationship with Endodontic Technical Errors and Periapical Status in Premolar Teeth of a Saudi Sub-Population: A Cross-Sectional Observational CBCT Study
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Thank you for submitting this study to our journal. Here go a few concerns and suggestions:
- I recommend the author to place the keywords by alphabetic order
- I suggest to add the study design (cross-section observation study) to the title
- The introduction is good and provides a wide specter info to the study. However I suggest the author to debate the study DOI 10.1016/j.joen.2019.10.007 which has the prevalence of missed canals in the treatments of the premolars.
- What was the ethnic group of the patients?
- The title mentions Saudi sub-population. Were all patients Saudi Arabian?
- How were the patients selected? Random? By a specific order? All in?
- Did the authors conducted inter-rated reliability tests?
- What visualization software was used?
- Mentioning that the study has followed a specific checklist will increase the reliability of the study. I recommend the authors to state and adjust the manuscript to the “Preferred Reporting Items for Epidemiologic Cross-sectional studies on Root and Root Canal Anatomy using Cone-Beam Computed Tomographic Technology” and mentioning the study DOI 10.1016/j.joen.2020.03.020
- May the authors provide the standard deviation on the prevalences in the results?
- I suggest the authors to debate the indications of using CBCT according to the AAE
- Please debate the study strength, generalization of the results and further studies recommendations.
- Please notice the references are not according to the journal guidelines.
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Reviewer 2 Report
The article is complete and accurate in all details.
I would suggest adding the following work to the bibliography:
Chieruzzi M, Pagano S, De Carolis C; et al. Scanning Electron Microscopy Evaluation of Dental Root Resorption Associated With Granuloma Microscopy and Microanalysis 2015 ; 21 (5): 1264 - 1270 DOI 10.1017/S1431927615014713
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
Dear author, I have no more concerns.