title: Utilization of gutta-percha for retrograde root fillings.
abstract: Just as gutta-percha used with a root canal sealer is a recommended material for orthograde root fillings, it could similarly be the material of choice for retrograde fillings. Unfortunately, clinical accessibility and visibility do not always facilitate such a technique. The aim of this article is to present a new technique which enables retrograde fillings to be achieved with gutta-percha and a sealer. After the apex had been resected, a hole was drilled perpendicular to the plane of section of the apex about 1 mm coronally. The bucco-lingual depth required to reach the main canal was calculated. The cavity was then dried, coated with the sealer, and obturated with gutta-percha in accordance with thermo-mechanical compaction techniques. After excess filling material had been removed, the gutta-percha was cold burnished and the angles of the root were smoothed. Clinical cases illustrating healing of the periapical tissues are shown.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ondontologie de l'Hôtel Dieu, UFR d'Ondontologie, Université Paris 7, Paris, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sauveur
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sobel
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Boucher
mesh_terms: D001047:Apicoectomy; D003775:Dental Polishing; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006171:Gutta-Percha / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010483:Periapical Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D012184:Retrograde Obturation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000601:surgery; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; D006171:Gutta-Percha