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Instrumentation-Related Complications

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Similar to other disciplines of advanced dentistry, a clinician may encounter complications or unforeseen circumstances during endodontic therapy. Every clinician performing endodontic procedures would have experienced a range of outcomes ranging from a case well done to an unfavorable prognosis related to a procedural accident. Examples of complications during the root canal procedure include ledge formation, separated instruments, and over-instrumentation. However, fear of procedural accidents should not deter a practitioner from performing root canal treatment. An experienced clinician uses knowledge, clinical skill and acumen, experience, and awareness of his or her own limitations to minimize these accidents.

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    Obadah H. Attar B.D.S., D.Sc.D., Sami M. Chogle M.S.D. & Tun-Yi Hsu D.D.S., D.Sc.D., D.M.D.

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Attar, O.H., Chogle, S.M., Hsu, TY. (2018). Instrumentation-Related Complications. In: Jain, P. (eds) Common Complications in Endodontics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60997-3_5

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