What is an Apicoectomy?
An Apicoectomy, or Root-End Resection, is the
removal of the root tip and the surrounding infected
tissue of an abscessed tooth. This procedure may
be necessary when inflammation and infection persists
in the area around the root tip after root
canal therapy or root
canal retreatment.
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Step one:
After the tooth is "numbed", the
gum is reflected (lifted) to uncover the underlying
bone and the
root end of the tooth. The root-end is resected
(removed) with all
the surrounding infected tissue.
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Step two:
A root-end filling is placed to seal the end of
the root canal, the gum is repositioned, and a few
dissolvable sutures (stitches) are placed to hold
the gum tissue back in its place until healing occurs. |
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Step three:
After a few months, the bone around the root-end
has healed, and all symptoms are gone.
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