Accurate treatment cannot happen without accurate diagnosis. This case was referred for evaluation and treatment of tooth #2. It was presumed that the large soft tissue swelling was coming from this tooth. As one can plainly see on the 2-dimensional radiograph, tooth #2 does have a lesion associated with its roots. Is this the cause of the large sized swelling in the soft tissue just behind it (clinical photo)? We used the CBCT to reveal complete occlusion of the right maxillary sinus secondary to sinus infection (purple *). The infection has traced the path of least resistance which happened to […]
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Adverse Outcomes
Adverse Outcomes: We present here a case where the patient presented with a broken instrument within one of the canals. This is always a cause for concern for patients who are worried of infection and systemic effects. We must first recognize that bacteria causes infection, not foreign materials. The broken instrument only serves as a physical obstruction towards proper cleaning of the tooth. Here, we were able to identify with CBCT that the canal with the broken instrument shares a common exit with other canal which does not have a broken instrument. In this case, we were able to bypass […]
Dental Anatomy and Root Canals
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Dental Anatomy 2
Dental anatomy can be tricky sometimes…once again proving that assisted magnification in the form of the dental operating microscope and sometimes the CBCT scan can be immensely helpful. […]