Objective: A review is made to determine whether the use of the endoscope in endodontic surgery offers advantages in clinical practice, and whether it improves the clinical and radiographic outcomes of the procedure. Material and methods: The main search terms used were: endodontic surgery, apicoectomy, apical surgery, endoscope, and magnification devices. The authors searched the Medline datab...

A female patient referred to the clinic for assessment of a unilateral painful swelling formation on the left anterior maxilla. Anxiety is a psychological condition commonly seen in dental practice. When this psychological alteration affects the patient severely, any dental operation may be found difficult under local anaesthesia. We report a case of one-stage management in a patient with peria...

Two groups of teeth, one of which contained teeth of known age, were examined by scanning electron microscopy to ascertain the presence of a potential pathway for leakage at the root ends of apicected teeth. At a point approximately 3 mm from the apex, a level chosen as being typical for apicectomy, and half-way between the root canal and the dentine-cementum junction, there were found to be, o...

A female patient, 51 years old, complaint of painful swelling on the anatomical area of the upper left lateral incisor. The diagnosis of radicular cyst was confirmed histo-pathologically. Nowadays, radicular cysts may be treated using conventional root canal methods or surgical apicectomy. The possible soft-laser reaction to radicular cysts after contact application has not been investigated. W...

-_At total of 276 patients with 314 apicoectomized canines, premolars and molars from the maxilla were reviewed. Oroantral communication (OAC) was noted in 4J(13 %) of the cases. All patients were followed-up clinically and radiographically. The results of the operatior~ proved successful in 54 %, uncertain in 25 % and unsuccessful in 21%. No difference was found between the results in the OAC ...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to answer the question: For patients requiring apicoectomy (apicectomy/root-end resection) and retrograde (root-end) obturation (filling), which retrograde obturation (root-end filling) material(s) is/are the most effective, as determined by reduction in periapical radiolucency and elimination of signs and symptoms? MATERIALS AND METHODS A MEDLINE and a Cochr...

Guided endodontic microsurgery, also known as guided is a surgical procedure used to treat failed endodontically treated teeth with periapical infections. microsurgery can be problematic in some situations, such when there are tough anatomical features or limited access. Some of these complex cases managed using cone beam computed tomography imaging, CAD software design, and 3D printing technol...

Background Retrograde peri-implantitis (RPI) is a rapidly progressing periapical infection that forms around the implant apex. It usually associated with sites adjacent to teeth apical lesions; previous endodontic failures, retained root fragments, etc. This study aimed incidence of RPI in history surgeries. Methods Patients treated for both apicoectomy and placement presenting University Michi...

BACKGROUND Root resection is one treatment option for preserving molars with furcation involvement. This study evaluated the prognosis of root-resection therapy retrospectively and examined the factors influencing the survival rate of resected molars. METHODS Root-resection therapy was performed on 691 molars in 579 patients. The associated factors were examined from 342 of 402 molars that ha...

OBJECTIVE There is some concern that root resection may alter the seal of the previously set orthograde material. The aim of this study was to evaluate the apical sealing ability of orthograde mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) and calcium enriched mixture (CEM) plugs after resection of the roots. MATERIALS AND METHODS The fluid filtration method was carried out on a total of 51 roots in three ...