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Review
. 2004 Dec;30(12):827-45.
doi: 10.1097/01.don.0000145033.15701.2d.

Nonsurgical retreatment

Clifford J Ruddle  1
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Review

Nonsurgical retreatment

Clifford J Ruddle. J Endod. 2004 Dec.

Abstract

With all the potential for endodontic success, the fact remains clinicians are confronted with posttreatment endodontic disease. When the elected treatment plan is endodontic nonsurgical retreatment, then the goal is to access the pulp chamber and remove materials from the root canal space and if present, address deficiencies or repair defects that are pathologic or iatrogenic in origin. This article provides a literature review with clinical recommendations for one important group of retreatment issues: the removal of posts and broken instruments.

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