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| apicectomy |
This procedure may also called ROOT END RESECTION, or ROOT END AMPUTATION, APICOTOMY, or APECTOMY but these terms are more unusual. It is a surgical procedure to remove the tip or end of the root of a tooth lying in the bone of the jaws, through an opening made in the buccal ( cheek side) or palatal side of the tooth. At the same time, tissue from around the APEX or end of the root may be removed to control a disease process or to facilitate healing. ...
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| apicectomy |
operation to remove infection at the end of a tooth
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