AUTHOR(S): Insha Showkat, Ashish Amit Sinha, Seema Chaudhary and Mohd. Ghaus Ali

ABSTRACT:Endodontic surgery is a safe option when teeth are not responding to traditional endodontic therapy and don’t acquire favourable outcomes. Apicoectomy involves surgical management of a tooth with a periapical lesion which cannot be resolved by routine endodontic treatment. This paper reports a case of surgical removal of a periapical pathology due to failure of conventional endodontic treatment, persistence of pathology and fistula formation.

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