While the vast majority of treatments go smoothly, these statistics indicate that a small percentage of patients who receive an endodontic treatment develop further problems months or years later when old root canal infection symptoms return. Read on to learn why a previously treated ...
Related to root treatment:Root canal treatment,Endodontic treatment n (Dentistry)dentistrya procedure, used for treating an abscess at the tip of the root of a tooth, in which the pulp is removed and a filling (root filling) inserted in the root canal. Also called:root-canal therapy ...
By managing patient expectations at this stage, later medico-legal issues can be avoided. You carry out the first stage of treatment successfully. However, the patient fails to return to complete the treatment. When he returns after 6 months, you discover that the tooth has remained asymptomatic...
may not heal properly or become painful or diseased months or years later. When this happens, the re-infected tooth gets a second chance with a root canal retreatment. This procedure is exactly as it sounds, a “re-do” of your previous root canal to repair the issues currently affecting ...
Endodontists are specialists who have completed at least 2 years of additional training focused on performing root canals. Majority of dentists would go to an endodontist if they needed a root canal. Will It Hurt? We use many special techniques to ensure that there is as little discomfort...
A Extraction of the fractured portion; B Root canal treatment. C Orthodontic traction. D Gingivoplasty. E Aesthetic resin restoration Full size image A. Extraction of the labial fragment and root canal treatment of tooth 11. B. Orthodontic traction treatment, gingivoplasty, and subsequent fiber...
Eight years later, the tooth was clinically normal and blurred calcification of the root canal was disclosed radiographically. After 13.5 years the patient complained of tooth mobility and radiographic examination revealed an advanced cervical root resorption. As no conservative approach was possible at ...
After a lifetime of cumulative insult, crown preparation can be the final straw, bringing pulpal breakdown (Fig. 1a), and the need for root canal treatment.7 It is uncertain how many teeth lose vitality as a direct consequence of crown preparation. Bergenholtz and Nyman's8 much quoted ...
' These were the main questions being discussed in a previous Editorial in the International Endodontic Journal with a focus on 'Root canal preparation, retreatment and working length studies' (Hülsmann 2013). Five years later from an Editor's perspective, it seems timely to address these ...
Root and Root Canal Morphology of Maxillary First Premolars: A Literature Review and Clinical Considerations Ibrahim Ali Ahmad BDS, MSc, JBE, Mohammad Ahmad Alenezi BDS, MFDRCSI, MScD, in Journal of Endodontics, 2016 Root Morphology The root morphology was evaluated by 26 studies (5, 7–10...