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

Gurveen KaurAnchu Rachel ThomasRenu Sarah SamsonEby VargheseRatna Rachel PonrajSumanth Kumbargere NagrajDeepti ShrivastavaHmoud Ali AlgarniAmna Yusuf Siddiqui Osama Shujaa Alothmani Kumar Chandan Srivastava

Published in: BMC oral health (2024)

We found very low-certainty evidence to support the efficacy of different types of EAL compared to radiography for the outcomes tested. We were unable to reach any conclusions about the superiority of any type of EAL. Well-planned RCTs need to be conducted by standardizing the outcomes and outcome measurement methods.

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