The Endo Fix

Resorption Recall: 9 Years

Another one for the external resorption recalls. Tooth #14. Diagnosis: symptomatic irreversible pulpitis and symptomatic apical periodontitis, with external resorption on the palatal.

Preoperative periapical radiograph of tooth #14 dated 4/14/2017
Pre-op, 4/14/2017.
Mirror view of tooth #14 with a red arrow marking an area at the gingival margin
Mirror view. The arrow marks the area at the gingival margin.
Preoperative CBCT axial, coronal, sagittal and 3D views of tooth #14
Pre-op CBCT.

The resorption was removed with clean margins and repaired with amalgam. Endo was completed and a post placed.

Postoperative periapical radiograph of tooth #14 dated 6/22/2017 showing root canal treatment, a post and the amalgam repair
Post-op, 6/22/2017.

Recall on 10/13/2026, about 9.5 years after we first saw it. Some 6 mm probings were noted, and the imaging is consistent with bone loss on the palatal.

Periapical radiograph of tooth #14 dated 10/13/2026, about 9 years after external resorption treatment
Recall, 10/13/2026.
Recall CBCT axial, coronal, sagittal and 3D views of tooth #14
Recall CBCT.

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