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Case Reports
. 2021 Dec;47(3):664-671.
doi: 10.1111/aej.12498. Epub 2021 Mar 3.

Guided endodontics: The impact of new technologies on complex case solution

Marco Antônio Z Loureiro  1 , Julio A Silva  1 , Gustavo S Chaves  1 , Lucas R Capeletti  1 , Carlos Estrela  1 , Daniel A Decurcio  1
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Case Reports

Guided endodontics: The impact of new technologies on complex case solution

Marco Antônio Z Loureiro et al. Aust Endod J. 2021 Dec.

Abstract

Discuss the impact of new diagnostic and planning technologies on the resolution of a clinical case of an upper central incisor with lateral perforation, root canal calcification and apical periodontitis. A 44-year-old woman sought treatment because of a colour change in an anterior tooth. The tooth had already been endodontically accessed, and she reported that two different clinicians had failed to locate the root canal. A Cone Beam Computed Tomography scan showed excessive wear and root perforation in the middle third, as well as pulp canal obliteration in the apical third. The perforation was treated using a biomaterial, and the root canal was located using guided endodontics. This treatment protocol was used to access, prepare, medicate with calcium hydroxide for 21 days and fill the root canal. Treatment results were satisfactory at 6-month follow-up.

Keywords: cone beam computed tomography; guided endodontics; pulp canal calcification; root perforation.

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