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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, it has become possible for the dentists that they can easily detect those canals, which were properly treated. This the time when doing a second root canal procedure becomes the option instead of an apicoectomy.

This process must not be understood as being same to a root resection, where an entire root is removed instead of the tip.