Two patients requiring surgical management for leakage of calcium hydroxide paste from root canal into infraorbital space.
Two patients requiring surgical management for leakage of calcium hydroxide paste from a root canal into the infraorbital space are reported. A paste root canal treatment material used at the time of maxillary root canal treatment had leaked out of the root canal in both patients. Computed tomography confirmed displacement of the root canal treatment material into the soft tissue, with extension into the infraorbital space. In both cases, foreign body removal was performed. Root canal treatment using a calcium hydroxide paste should be performed carefully without strong pressure.
Department of Oral Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokyo Dental College, 5-11-13 Sugano, Ichikawa, Chiba 272-8513, Japan. ikawahiroaki@tdc.ac.jp
Hiroaki
H
Ikawa
Yoshihiro
Y
Takeyasu
Kenichirou
K
Ukichi
Shinya
S
Watanabe
Atsushi
A
Takada
Morio
M
Tonogi
Gen-Yuki
GY
Yamane
Akira
A
Katakura
D000328:Adult; D002126:Calcium Hydroxide / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005881:Gingiva / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012389:Root Canal Obturation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods
D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; D002126:Calcium Hydroxide