Surgical Removal of Fractured Endodontic Instrument in the Periapex of Mandibular First Molar
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- 1 July 2014
- Vol. 6 (4) , 85-88
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to present the surgical removal of a broken endodontic file from the periapical region of the distal root of a mandibular first molar. The methods of diagnosis and measurement of the distance of the instrument to the adjacent vital structures in the periapical region was done with simple means and in an economical manner.Keywords
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