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Inadvertent Injection of Sodium Hypochlorite into the Periradicular Tissues during Root Canal Treatment

From Volume 36, Issue 1, January 2009 | Pages 14-19

Authors

VE Baldwin

General Dental Practitioner, Carrickfergus, UK

Articles by VE Baldwin

FD Jarad

BDS, PhD, MFDS RCS(Eng)

Lecturer/Honorary SpR in Restorative Dentistry, UK

Articles by FD Jarad

C Balmer

BSc, BChD, FDS RCS, PgCertEd

Consultant in Oral Surgery and Honorary Lecturer, Associate Dean of Postgraduate Dental Education, Liverpool University Dental Hospital, UK

Articles by C Balmer

LH Mair

BDS, PhD, FDS RCS(Eng), FADM

Head of School of Dentistry, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancs PR1 2HE, UK

Articles by LH Mair

Abstract

This paper describes a sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) incident occurring during routine endodontic treatment of a patient who presented with chronic periapical periodontitis of a maxillary canine tooth and discusses the immediate and late treatment of this case.

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