Introduction: Endodontic failure may arise mainly from persistent intra-radicular infection from remaining bacteria in the root canal. As a result, retreatment is the most appropriate way of dealing with failed cases. However, many clinicians choose to perform periapical surgery, on the grounds that it is simpler and has immediate results. The resected teeth with insufficient root canal treatme...

OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to investigate the presence of Enterococcus faecalis in primary endodontic infections and failed endodontic treatments using real-time PCR and to determine the statistical importance of the presence of E. faecalis in a Turkish population with endodontic infections. MATERIAL AND METHODS E. faecalis was investigated from 79 microbial samples collected from ...

AIM To investigate the pattern of routine endodontic practices among Nigerian dentists. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was a questionnaire-based survey of samples of dentists in the Nigerian cities of Enugu and Benin. The self-administered questionnaire contained 25 close-ended questions with multiple choice options. The data collected included demographic details of respondents, root canal...

Wound healing following periapical surgery is influenced by age, gender, smoking, lesion size, type of root-end filling, method cavity preparation and the use microsurgical or conventional technique. This study aimed to evaluate influence various preoperative factors such as pain, size on outcome surgical endodontic treatment. A thorough history, examination, investigation were performed establ...

statement of the problem: endodontic surgery if required is considered as an additive therapy after classic endodontic treatments. the most prevalent type of endodontic surgeries are apicoectomy and corrective surgeries. type of material applied in apicoectomies is of high importance. root end filling material should not only be biocompatible but also provide appropriate seal. considering these...

UNLABELLED The radicular groove is a developmental anomaly that predisposes the tooth to periodontal break-down. Sometimes the situation becomes more complicated by pulp necrosis and development of a combined endodontic-periodontal lesion which is a diagnostic and treatment challenge for the clinician. This report presents the successful management of an endodontic-periodontal lesion in a maxil...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the long-term clinical outcome of endodontic microsurgery when mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) and super ethoxybenzoic acid (Super EBA; Harry J. Bosworth, Skokie, IL) were used as root-end filling materials. Additionally, this study aimed to compare the clinical outcome of endodontic microsurgery at the 1-year follow-up with that at...

AIM To address the indications, contraindications, surgical procedure, complications following treatment, factors influencing the results and success rate of intentional replantation procedure. BACKGROUND Intentional replantation is extraction of a tooth to do extraoral root canal therapy, curettage of apical lesion when present, and its replacement in its socket. It has been proposed as an a...