Retrograde treatment in an extensive implant-tooth-supported reconstruction.
Diagnosis and treatment of chronic apical periodontitis associated with an abutment tooth in an extensive tooth-implant-supported fixed prosthesis is reported. Careful, complete interpretation of clinical data was imperative because the periapical radiolucency presented around the apex of a vital tooth. A retrograde endodontic approach was used to prevent an adverse outcome to the complex rehabilitative treatment that had been performed over many years.
Steiner
David R
DR
Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
D000328:Adult; D003481:Cuspid; D000044:Dental Abutments; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003790:Dental Pulp Necrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012184:Retrograde Obturation / Q000379:methods*