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Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments

Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments is a research topic within Oral Surgery. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 18.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of topics related to endodontic research and practice, including the use of root canal irrigants, properties and applications of mineral trioxide aggregate, the role of Enterococcus faecalis in treatment failure, revascularization techniques, and regenerative endodontics. It also covers the challenges and outcomes of endodontic treatment, the use of nickel-titanium instruments, advancements in imaging with cone beam computed tomography, and the potential for dental pulp regeneration.

  • Root Canal Irrigants
  • Mineral Trioxide Aggregate
  • Enterococcus faecalis
  • Revascularization
  • Apical Periodontitis
  • Endodontic Treatment
  • Regenerative Endodontics
  • Nickel-Titanium Instruments
  • Cone Beam Computed Tomography
  • Dental Pulp Regeneration
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+29%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments research?

By volume, India and Brazil publish the most (1.3k and 803 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 1.3k works
  2. 2 Brazil 803 works
  3. 3 China 642 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 542 works
  5. 5 United States 513 works
  6. 6 Saudi Arabia 364 works
  7. 7 Egypt 360 works
  8. 8 Iran 328 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 194 works
  10. 10 Iraq 159 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

India: 25.6%Brazil: 15.3%China: 12.2%Türkiye: 10.3%6 others listed: 36.5%26%largest
India1,343 · 25.6%Brazil803 · 15.3%China642 · 12.2%Türkiye542 · 10.3%6 others listed1,917 · 36.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Saveetha University publishes the most Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Stomatology Hospital.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Saveetha University India 95 works
  2. 2 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 79 works
  3. 3 Stomatology Hospital China 64 works
  4. 4 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Brazil 59 works
  5. 5 Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences India 58 works
  6. 6 Cairo University Egypt 56 works
  7. 7 King Saud University Saudi Arabia 56 works
  8. 8 Ain Shams University Egypt 44 works
  9. 9 Ragas Dental College & Hospital India 43 works
  10. 10 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Iran 43 works

Who are the leading researchers in Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments include Ali Bijani.

  1. 1 Ali Bijani 5.6k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments research done?

The largest centres of Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments research in 2022–2025 are Chennai (India), São Paulo (Brazil), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) and Cairo (Egypt). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nalgonda and Medak.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chennai India 229 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 184 works
  3. 3 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 134 works
  4. 4 Cairo Egypt 127 works
  5. 5 Tehran Iran 121 works
  6. 6 Istanbul Türkiye 116 works
  7. 7 Xi'an China 93 works
  8. 8 Ankara Türkiye 85 works
  9. 9 Beijing China 79 works
  10. 10 Giza Egypt 76 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NalgondaIN · 58.0 works133×
  2. MedakIN · 25.5 works131×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments?

Among universities, judged by research, Saveetha University, King Abdulaziz University and Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 19.45%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Saveetha University: 95, 13.4%King Abdulaziz University: 41, 13.2%Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy: 8, 34.7%Alexandria University: 32, 20.5%Qassim University: 30, 11.5%Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University: 15, 21.5%Cairo University: 56, 8.5%King Saud University: 56, 21.6%Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa: 15, 38.6%Suez Canal University: 23, 11.0%Iuliu Hațieganu Univ…Alexandria UniversitySaveetha UniversityKing Abdulaziz Unive…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Saveetha University India 67.613.4%12.8×95 +147.6%
2King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia 64.513.2%9.8×41 +175.2%
3Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Romania 64.334.7%11.5×8 +510.6%
4Alexandria University Egypt 64.120.5%8.8×32 +470.7%
5Qassim University Saudi Arabia 63.211.5%14.8×30 +225.9%
6Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University Saudi Arabia 62.721.5%10.7×15 +409.2%
7Cairo University Egypt 62.08.5%9.3×56 +330.2%
8King Saud University Saudi Arabia 60.921.6%8.0×56 +51.9%
9Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa Brazil 59.038.6%19.5×15 +4.3%
10Suez Canal University Egypt 58.911.0%16.6×23 +512.8%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.