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Saw my dentist, reviewed the literature, etc and I'm still VERY confused. When is an apicoectomy required for a failed root canal that can't be reworked? Extraction is never mentioned as part of the treatment plan.
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Saw dentist and still not sure when it is okay to do nothing for a failed root canal. The condition is assymptomatic.
Gordon
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What criteria are being used to judge if the root canal has failed? Pain? Swelling? How it looks on an x-ray?
It's kind of hard to say more without more information.
It's kind of hard to say more without more information.
