Efficacy of electronic apex locators in comparison with intraoral radiographs in working length determination- a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Gurveen Kaur (Author), Anchu Rachel Thomas (Author), Renu Sarah Samson (Author), Eby Varghese (Author), Ratna Rachel Ponraj (Author), Sumanth Kumbargere Nagraj (Author), Deepti Shrivastava (Author), Hmoud Ali Algarni (Author), Amna Yusuf Siddiqui (Author), Osama S. Alothmani (Author), Kumar Chandan Srivastava (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Successful endodontic treatment needs accurate determination of working length (WL). Electronic apex locators (EALs) were presented as an alternative to radiographic methods; and since then, they have evolved and gained popularity in the determination of WL. However, there is ins...