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Decompression of a large periapical lesion utilizing an improved drainage device
1Howard University College of Dentistry, Washington, DC.
Journal of Endodontics
|March 1, 1990
Abstract:
A decompression device constructed of plastic intravenous tubing attached to an acrylic base and ligated into position with orthodontic ligature wire was used to successfully reduce a large periapical lesion in the anterior mandible. Guidelines for this treatment approach are presented.