title: Surgical management of endodontically treated teeth.
abstract: Surgical endodontics has become an important treatment modality in modern dentistry. The evolution and development of this modality has suffered from decades of empiricism, as techniques, concepts, and root-end filling materials were advocated without supporting scientific evidence. The techniques and concepts of periodontal surgery and oral and maxillofacial surgery were long assumed to directly apply to endodontic surgery. Evidence now suggests that certain procedures adopted from other specialties are not indicated for surgical endodontics and, in fact, may be counterproductive. During the past year, the most important developments have emerged in the area of surgical wound healing as it relates to soft tissue management procedures. New techniques and concepts that enhance rapid wound healing and decrease untoward postsurgical sequelae have been proposed.
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Dentistry.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003788:Dental Pulp Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010483:Periapical Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D012184:Retrograde Obturation; D012390:Root Canal Therapy; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing