Shahravan Arash, Haghdoost Ali Akbar
Kerman Oral and Dental Diseases Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran;
The Research Center for Modeling in Health, Institute for future studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Iran Endod J. 2014 Spring;9(2):98-108. Epub 2014 Mar 8.
Epidemiology is the study of disease distribution and factors determining or affecting it. Likewise, endodontic epidemiology can be defined as the science of studying the distribution pattern and determinants of pulp and periapical diseases; specially apical periodontitis. Although different study designs have been used in endodontics, researchers must pay more attention to study designs with higher level of evidence such as randomized clinical trials.
流行病学是对疾病分布以及决定或影响疾病的因素进行的研究。同样，牙髓病流行病学可定义为研究牙髓和根尖周疾病，特别是根尖周炎的分布模式及其决定因素的科学。尽管牙髓病学中使用了不同的研究设计，但研究人员必须更加关注具有更高证据水平的研究设计，如随机临床试验。
