The teeth are held in place by roots which go into the jawbone. Nerves and blood vessels enter the tooth through the end of the root (called the apex) and then pass through a canal inside the root to ...

If a person has had a root canal procedure done, and it becomes infected again, the problem can be tracked down to near the apex of the root. That is when an apicoectomy is done. However, doctors ...

One day in 2013, as Christina DiBona Pastan, D91, DG94 was about to observe an endodontics postgraduate teaching resident perform a procedure, she noticed not all was well with the student. Science X ...

I have a failed root canal treatment that now has an infection. My dentist has suggested I visit a specialist for a Apicoectomy. However I feel that I will be spending a fortune, and be uncomfortable ...