Annals and Essences of Dentistry
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Abstract

RETRIEVAL OF FOREIGN OBJECT IN THE ROOT CANAL- A NON SURGICAL APPROACH

Sridhar Reddy M, Swaroop Kumar Reddy

The presence of a foreign object embedded within the root canal of a tooth is relatively uncommon finding. These cases are often diagnosed accidentally. This paper describes the successful retrieval of safety pin located in the middle portion of root canal by simple orthograde nonsurgical technique. However, due to failure of apical closure, apex sealed with MTA, and tooth restored with fiber post and composite core.