Affiliation:
1. Specialist endodontist, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Abstract
With public health orders restricting movement and changes to routine endodontic practice during the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients chose to wait, in the range of 12-18 months, before returning to complete their root canal treatment. This report describes several cases of non-vital and infected teeth that showed positive healing responses from having endodontic treatment using calcium hydroxide paste as an intracanal medicament and an apical enlargement technique to further reduce bacterial numbers. This indicates healing of peri-apical lesions may occur with a longer observation period. CPD/Clinical Relevance: Endodontic treatment for peri-apical infection may allow a patient time to decide upon treatment options.