ENDODONTIC TREATMENT OF MAXILLARY LATERAL INCISOR WITH SEVERE APICAL CURVATURE AND PERIAPICAL LESION: CASE REPORT

Abstract

Complexity of root canal treatment is well recognized, however some specific situations are still more difficult, such as treatment of apical third with accentuated curvature. Nevertheless, recent techniques of instrumentation and obturation brought new persperctives and became a determinant factor for successful treatment. Through the treatment of a maxillary left lateral incisor, with accentuated apical curvature, pulpal necrosis and periapical lesion through manual instrumentation and lateral condensation technique of root canal filling, this article is aimed to discuss whether these recent techniques of instrumentation and obturation of root canal are actually determinant factors for the success in endodontic treatment.