Healing of large periapical lesion: a non-surgical endodontic treatment approach

Aust Endod J. 2007 Dec;33(3):136-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-4477.2007.00061.x.

Abstract

A patient with a large periapical lesion around the apices of her mandibular incisors is presented. During the conservative non-surgical endodontic treatment, sodium hypochlorite was used for irrigation, and calcium hydroxide was used for the intra-canal dressing. Periapical healing was observed 1 month after obturation and continued in the 12-month recall. This report confirms that the large size of a periapical lesion does not mandate its surgical removal, and that even cyst-like periapical lesions heal following a conservative endodontic therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Calcium Hydroxide / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incisor / diagnostic imaging
  • Incisor / drug effects
  • Periapical Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Periapical Diseases / therapy*
  • Radiography
  • Root Canal Irrigants / therapeutic use
  • Root Canal Therapy / methods*
  • Sodium Hypochlorite / therapeutic use
  • Wound Healing / drug effects

Substances

  • Root Canal Irrigants
  • Sodium Hypochlorite
  • Calcium Hydroxide