Root Canal Retreatment

From Volume 33, Issue 9, November 2006 | Pages 518-530

Authors

PJ Lumley

BDS, FDS RCPS(Glas), MDentSc, PhD

University of Birmingham School of Dentistry, St Chad's Queensway, Birmingham B4 6NN, UK

Articles by PJ Lumley

N Adams

BDS, MSc MRD RCS(Eng)

Part-time specialist in endodontic practice, University of Birmingham School of Dentistry, St Chad's Queensway, Birmingham B4 6NN, UK

Articles by N Adams

P Tomson

BDS, MFDS RCS Ed, MFDS RCSEng

University of Birmingham School of Dentistry, St Chad's Queensway, Birmingham B4 6NN, UK

Articles by P Tomson

Abstract

Root canal therapy is not always successful and an increasing number of patients are requesting retreatment to address intra-radicular infection. The armamentarium available to assist the dentist, some of which is described in this article, has never been greater.

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