PREVENTING ROOT-TIP LOSS IN THE MAXILLARY SINUS DURING ENDODONTIC SURGERY

Authors
JEROME CE HILL AV
Citation
Ce. Jerome et Av. Hill, PREVENTING ROOT-TIP LOSS IN THE MAXILLARY SINUS DURING ENDODONTIC SURGERY, Journal of endodontics, 21(8), 1995, pp. 422-424
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
Journal of endodontics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992399
Volume
21
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
422 - 424
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2399(1995)21:8<422:PRLITM>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Exclusion of infected root tips, dentinal debris, and inflammatory tis sue from the maxillary sinus during endodontic surgery is imperative, A simple technique for preventing accidental root tip intrusion into t he maxillary sinus using a 6-0 suture and needle and a hole prepared i n the root tip with a #2 round bur prior to apicoectomy is presented.