ROOT PERFORATIONS - CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT CHOICES BASED ON PROGNOSTIC FACTORS

Root perforations are common complications of endodontic treatment or post preparation and often lead to tooth extraction. Successful treatm ent depends mainly on immediate sealing of the perforation and prevent ion of infection. Several factors affect the achievement of these goal s, most important of which are: time of occurrence, size, and location of the perforation. A classification of root perforations, based on t he above factors, is presented to assist the clinician in the choice o f the treatment protocol which will give the best possible results whe n a perforation is diagnosed.