Apicoectomy
A minor surgical procedure that saves a tooth when infection persists after root canal treatment.
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Occasionally an infection lingers at the very tip of a tooth's root where conventional root canal instruments can't reach. An apicoectomy removes the root tip and the infected tissue around it, then seals the end of the root.
It's typically done under local anaesthetic and lets you keep a tooth that would otherwise need extraction.