Apicoectomy | Apicoectomy treatment in India | Surgery Tours India
Apicoectomy treatment in India What Is An Apicoectomy? Apicoectomy is the process through which the root tip and its surrounding infected issues of an infected tooth are removed. Generally, this procedure is done when inflammation or infection persists after a root canal treatment. This process is also known as endodontic microsurgery because the procedure is performed under an operating microscope. The other name for it also is Root-End Resection. When is it necessary to have an apicoectomy? If after a root canal treatment, a root canal again becomes infected, most of the time it happens because of a problem near the apex of the root. The dentist uses this procedure so that he can fix the problem so that the tooth does not need to be extracted out. This process is done only after at least one root canal procedure. Some of the cases, it is possible that before an apicoectomy is done, a second root canal treatment is done. After so much of advancement in technology, i...