Fig. 1

The 36 years old patient was referred to our office by his general dental practitioner for endodontic retreatment. He complained about experiencing bitting tenderness on tooth 36.

The access cavity was driven by removing the coronal filling material and the infected dentine.

The Retreaty file system from Perfect was chosen for managing this case. Narrow canals can be very difficult to manage additionally in retreatment cases, hence a sequence of files is recommended in such situations.

Preparing for the procedure

Fig. 2

The first instrument used to remove the GP from inside the first 1/3 of the canal was Bully - 25.07

Fig. 3

Instrumentation sequence:

Perfect Shapy 1 and Shapy 2

Fig. 4

Vertical warm condensation technique was performed to obturate the canals.

Fig. 5

Post operative X-ray

Conclusions

The algorithm of root canal preparation must be dynamic in order to avoid iatrogenic errors and increase the operators’ comfort. In many clinical situations unprepared or underprepared root canal anatomy should be managed with the use of a well designed file system that ensures a progressive instrumentation rather than a single file.

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