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What is an Apicoectomy?
An Apicoectomy, or Root-End Resection, is the removal of the root
tip and the surrounding infected tissue of an abscessed tooth. This
procedure may be necessary when inflammation and infection persists
in the area around the root tip after root
canal therapy or root canal retreatment.
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Step one:
After the tooth is "numbed", the
gum is reflected (lifted) to uncover the underlying bone and the
root end of the tooth. The root-end is resected (removed) with all
the surrounding infected tissue.
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Step two:
A root-end filling is placed to seal the end of the root canal, the
gum is repositioned, and a few dissolvable sutures (stitches) are
placed to hold the gum tissue back in its place until healing occurs. |
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Step three:
After a few months, the bone around the root-end has healed, and
all symptoms are gone.
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