With all the potential for endodontic success, the fact remains clinicians are confronted
with posttreatment endodontic disease. When the elected treatment plan is endodontic
nonsurgical retreatment, then the goal is to access the pulp chamber and remove materials
from the root canal space and if present, address deficiencies or repair defects that
are pathologic or iatrogenic in origin. This article provides a literature review
with clinical recommendations for one important group of retreatment issues: the removal
of posts and broken instruments.
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