CLINICAL-STUDY OF REFRACTORY APICAL PERIODONTITIS TREATED BY APICECTOMY PART 1 - ROOT-CANAL MORPHOLOGY OF RESECTED APEX

Authors
WADA M TAKASE T NAKANUMA K ARISUE K NAGAHAMA F YAMAZAKI M
Citation
M. Wada et al., CLINICAL-STUDY OF REFRACTORY APICAL PERIODONTITIS TREATED BY APICECTOMY PART 1 - ROOT-CANAL MORPHOLOGY OF RESECTED APEX, International endodontic journal, 31(1), 1998, pp. 53-56
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
International endodontic journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
01432885
Volume
31
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
53 - 56
Database
ISI
SICI code
0143-2885(1998)31:1<53:CORAPT>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The morphology of the root apex was analysed by observation of the ana tomy of specimens obtained by apicectomy in cases of refractory apical periodontitis that did not respond to nonsurgical root canal treatmen t, Apical ramifications were present in 19 (70%) of the roots, while o ne were found in the remaining eight (3%) roots, This frequency is far higher than that reported by other investigators, suggesting that the re is a close relationship between the anatomical complexity of the ro ot canal and the occurrence of refractory apical periodontitis.