Sinus tract tracing, proper diagnosis, and patient education are all the big players involved in this tooth story!
It is no surprise that I find all of advanced diagnostic techniques, i.e.; cone beam scans for example, extremely useful to figure out the source of pain plaguing my patients, it’s worth investing my time and energy into the latest technology.
But keeping things old-school has its value too. Therefore, I would like to show you a case where a classic diagnostic method—sinus tract tracing—proved invaluable in my endodontic diagnosis.