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Root Canal Retreatment: 1. Case Assessment and Treatment Planning

From Volume 31, Issue 1, January 2004 | Pages 34-39

Authors

T.R. Pitt Ford

BDS, PhD, FDS RCPS

Professor of Endodontology, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Dental Institute, King's College London, London SE1

Articles by T.R. Pitt Ford

J.S. Rhodes

BDS, MSc, MFGDP, MRD, RCS

Specialist in Endodontics, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Dental Institute, King's College London, London SE1 and The Endodontic Practice, Lower Parkstone, Poole, Dorset.

Articles by J.S. Rhodes

Abstract

Root canal retreatment is often the preferred method of treating a tooth in which root canal treatment has failed. Part one of this two-part article discusses reasons for failure of root canal treatment, case assessment and treatment planning. Part two describes some of the practical techniques that are available to the practitioner and the rationale for root canal retreatment.

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