Summary:
Purpose: To monitor and compare the outcome of periapical surgery (group AS) with the outcome of periapical resurgery (group RS)
N= 231 roots in 164 patients
Materials/Methods:
•According to preoperative radiographs, the roots were divided into 2 groups: 162 (group AS) and 69 (group RS)
•Surgical procedures: (group AS) apical resection of 3 mm. (group RS) the new resection was limited in length; the original apical filling material was removed and the type of material recorded; the majority was amalgam, 2 had zinc-oxide eugenol cement ,and 5 had apical resection without a root-end filling
•Root-end preparation was performed by an ultrasonic technique
•A modified zinc-oxide eugenol cement with EBA was used as the root-end filling material
Most highlighted Results:
1.Over all healing of AS & RS group, 78% completely healed, 10% had incompletely healed and 11% were associated with post-treatment disease 2.Complete healing in 86% of the (AS group) and 59% of the (RS group). (significant difference)
3.No statistically significant difference was observed between roots of anterior, premolar and molar teeth within each treatment category
Clinical significance:
Surgical retreatment of teeth previously treated with periapical surgery is a valid alternative to extraction
