endo retreatment

[marimo]

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from the radiograph, one canal not obturated at all. patient does not has any sign and symptom for around 10 years. should do retreatment for the patient? reasons?

 

[doc toothache]

from the radiograph, one canal not obturated at all. patient does not has any sign and symptom for around 10 years. should do retreatment for the patient? reasons?

Shouldn't you be getting this input from the endo faculty?

 

[OhioDMD]

Here are some thoughts. I would not use the lack of fill or a short fill on an asymptomatic tooth as a primary reason to retreat. If the restoration was failing and needed a post or an incursion into the pulp chamber or the tooth was to be an abutment for a fixed or removable denture then I would retreat.

 

[Streetwolf]

10 years completely asymptomatic and no pathology on the xray?

Probably last another 10+ years without you touching it!

 

[jay47]

10 years completely asymptomatic and no pathology on the xray?

Probably last another 10+ years without you touching it!

Exactly. Success is completely patient determined. As long as you don't see pathology, it is reasonable to assume that the tooth will remain the same for a much longer period. I wouldn't touch it.