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Case Report

Late Failure in Endodontic Treatment: An Exemplar Case Study

Thai Yeng*

Corresponding Author: Thai Yeng, BDS, MDentSci, DClinDent, PhD, MRACDS (Endo), MRCPS (Glasg), FDSRCPS (Glasg), FDSRCS (Edin), FDSRCS (Eng), FPFA, Specialist Endodontist, North Sydney Dental Specialist, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Received: March 10, 2023 ;    Revised: March 14, 2023 ;    Accepted: March 17, 2023 ;   Available Online: March 31, 2023

Citation: Yeng T. (2023) Late Failure in Endodontic Treatment: An Exemplar Case Study. J Oral Health Dent Res, 3(1): 1-5.

Copyrights: ©2023 Yeng T. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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This exemplar case highlights the potential factors contributing to the late failure of an endodontically treated mandibular first molar successfully treated five years ago. Late failures in endodontic treatment may be viewed as the appearance or reappearance after healing of radiographic evidence of apical periodontitis, with or without associated clinical signs or symptoms of reinfection of the root canal system occurring some years later.

Clinical relevance: It is possible that initially healed cases of endodontically treated teeth could later become unsuccessful. Factors other than the root canal treatment itself may contribute to late failures.

Aim: To identify potential causative factors that may contribute to late failure of successful endodontically treated cases some years later.

Keywords: Root canal treatment, Root canal retreatment, Coronal leakage, Intra-radicular infection, Root fracture

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