Baba Farid University Dental Journal
Year : 2010, Volume : 1, Issue : 1
First page : ( 50) Last page : ( 51)
Print ISSN : 0976-8181.

A novel technique for removal of unusual foreign objects from the root canal

Mittal Sunandan, Kumar Tarun, Bansal Ramta, Kaur Dilpreet

Department of Conservative dentistry and Endodontics, Dasmesh Institute of Research and Dental Sciences, Faridkot (Punjab.).

Address for Correspondence: Sunandan Mittal, Professor and Head Department of Conservative dentistry and Endodontics Dasmesh, Institute of Research and Dental Sciences, Faridkot (Punjab) E-mail: dr.sunandanmittal@yahoo.in

Abstract

Removal of foreign object from the root canal is often a very difficult procedure. This procedure is even more complicated if the foreign body is unusual. A case is presented in which the foreign object was removed with minimal loss to the intracanal space.

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Keywords

Instrument retrieval, broken instrument, foreign body.

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