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JNDA Vol. 13 No. 1 (January - June 2013)
Non-surgical retrieval of gutta percha including an extruded one using a barbed broach - a case report
Pai A R Vivekananda, Thapa A
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Abstract
Gutta percha (GP) extrusion beyond root apex can occur during an endodontic retreatment. An extruded GP fragment may have the potential to act as a foreign body and initiate or sustain a periapical lesion by affecting the healing. Therefore its retrieval either by surgical or non-surgical means would be deemed necessary. This case report
Keywords
Barbed broaches, endodontic retreatment gutta percha retrieval.