A case is reported of a chronic periapical lesion involving maxillary central incisors with a history of traumatic injury eight years previously and subsequent development of a painful swelling that occasionally caused partial blockage of the nasal cavities. Retrograde surgery for removal of the suspected cystic lesion was scheduled. As a temporary measure before surgery, the necrotic pulp exud...

Objective: A review was made of the current literature on hemostatic agents used in apical surgery in order to determine their effectiveness and adverse effects. Material and methods: The main search terms used were: endodontic surgery, apicoectomy, apical surgery, periradicular surgery, hemostasis, hemostatic agents, and bleeding control. The authors searched the Medline database for articles ...

A 48-year-old male patient presented to the Department of Endodontics for evaluation of right first permanent molar, which had received non-surgical root canal treatment two years ago and was restored with core material. The presenting symptoms included swelling in the buccal vestibule and pain overnight. Clinical examination demonstrated that the mandibular right first molar was sensitive to p...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Surgical endodontics may sometimes fail despite using root-end filling materials (REFMs). In this case report, a symptomatic right maxillary first premolar underwent periradicular surgery (PS) for replacing huge rate of amalgam with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA).CASE REPORT: A thirty-year-old healthy woman attended with the chief complaint of recurrent swelling and absces...

Introdouction: Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scanning is a technological innovation developed in recent years with potential use in oral surgery and many other dental procedures. The aim of this study is to determine the maxillary sinus mucosal thickening in the maxillary premolar-molar area using the CBCT technique. Materials and methods: In this retrospective study, a total of 105 c...

In recent years, periapical surgery (PS) has evolved thanks to the incorporation of technical and diagnostic advances. In PS, secondary effects such as pain and swelling occur as with all surgical procedures. The objective of the present study is to review the literature of articles published on pain and swelling during the postoperative period in periapical surgery. For this review, a search w...

successful treatment of a large implant periapical lesion (ipl) that caused paraesthesia and perimandibular abscess. ipl is a pathologic phenomenon that rarely involves implants. this event first described in 1992 with an incidence rate of 0.26–9.9% and the origin is not well known. the most likely suggested causes are presence of preexisting bone pathology, contamination of implant surface, bo...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of geographic location of graduation (Israel, Eastern Europe, Latin America) on decision making regarding management of dental caries, periapical lesions, and antibiotic prescribing routines. A questionnaire was given to ninety-eight general practitioners regarding demographic and work habits. Photographs of lesions were shown on a screen....

OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the treatment outcome after periapical surgery with the use of 2 different retrograde root-filling materials and the influence of 3 pre- and perioperative variables on the periapical healing. STUDY DESIGN Two hundred six teeth in 164 patients were randomly allocated to receive either IRM or Super-EBA as a retrograde root-end seal. The teeth were reviewed 12 mont...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of regeneration techniques (RTs) on the outcome of periapical surgery with different protocols for different lesion types. MATERIALS AND METHODS PubMed, the Cochrane Library, and Embase were searched from the beginning of time until December 30, 2014. Studies that met the inclusion criteria were systematically evaluated, and a meta-analysis was performed. RESU...