Healing of large periapical lesion: a non-surgical endodontic treatment approach.
A patient with a large periapical lesion around the apices of her mandibular incisors is presented. During the conservative non-surgical endodontic treatment, sodium hypochlorite was used for irrigation, and calcium hydroxide was used for the intra-canal dressing. Periapical healing was observed 1 month after obturation and continued in the 12-month recall. This report confirms that the large size of a periapical lesion does not mandate its surgical removal, and that even cyst-like periapical lesions heal following a conservative endodontic therapy.
Saatchi
Masoud
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Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Isfahan Medical University, Isfahan, Iran. Saatchi@dnt.mui.ac.ir
D002126:Calcium Hydroxide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects; D010483:Periapical Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D012388:Root Canal Irrigants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012390:Root Canal Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D012973:Sodium Hypochlorite / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects
D012388:Root Canal Irrigants; D012973:Sodium Hypochlorite; D002126:Calcium Hydroxide