Apical resection is a surgical procedure in which the tip of an infected tooth root and the adjacent infected bone tissue are cut and removed. It consists of the extirpation of the tooth apex along with the surrounding infected bone tissue, and may or may not be preceded by correct endodontic treatment and perfect canal obturation.

When is apical resection indicated?

• When there are some anatomical issues that prevent the correct cleaning and obturation of the canal through classic endodontic treatment, issues represented by calcifications along the canals, severe root curvatures, very narrow root canals. (more…)