Complications(1), Trauma(1), Adjunctive Therapy(1), Posttreatment(2)

Question 1

T/F: Teeth treated with ledges and separated instruments can still have a favorable prognosis.

Answer 1

True

If most of the cleaning and shaping has already been completed and if finished at new working length.

Question 2

What is the prognosis for a perforation during endo treatment?

Answer 2

Good if perf is above bone level.

Poor if below - permanent pocket will form to level of perf

Question 3

What are the two ways to repair a perf?

Answer 3

Surgical - bring bone levels below perf, hemisection, root amputation, intentional reimplantation

Non-surgical - MTA repair

Question 4

T/F: Vertical root fractures can be confidently diagnosed with radiograph.

Answer 4

False

Surgery is needed to visualize the fracture.