Case Report

Year : 2018

Volume : Volume 9

Issue : Issue 3

Broken File Retrieval: Challenge in Endodontics

Dr. Basa Srinivas Karteek.

Address for correspondence :
Dr. Basa Srinivas Karteek.
drkarthik.basa@gmail.com

Abstract


Background:  In a day to day practice dentists are facing many problems. One of the common problems is separation of an instrument. The separation of an endodontic instrument instantly transforms a case, from whatever level of difficulty it was preoperatively, to a new level of severity. The aim of the article is to present a case that used RVG and CBCT to locate and successfully remove a fractured endodontic instrument usage of ultrasonics around the binded instrument and thereby loosening it and removing it with the help of a lock in tweezer..

Keywords: RVG, CBCT, Ultrasonics.