Persistent periapical infections may necessitate surgical intervention when nonsurgical endodontic treatment fails. Conventional surgical approaches in the maxillary anterior region often lead to visible scarring and prolonged healing, compromising esthetic outcomes....
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Discussion
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✦ Clinical Takeaway ✦
No actionable change — this article concerns dental/oral surgery and has no relevance to audiology clinical practice.
✦ Why It Matters ✦
This article has negligible relevance to the audiology field and was likely captured by a broad literature sweep; it does not inform hearing care practice or research.
✦ Key Points ✦
- 01Describes a vestibular incision approach for maxillary anterior periradicular (root-tip) surgery.
- 02Focus is on cosmetic preservation of the gum line following surgical endodontic failure.
- 03Content is dental/oral surgery — no direct relevance to audiology.
- 04Included here likely due to the shared anatomical term 'vestibular', which in dentistry refers to a lip-facing tissue area.
- 05No hearing-related outcomes, populations, or interventions are discussed.
✦ Research metadata ✦
- PMID
- 42910179
- DOI
- 10.1155/crid/9688218.
- Journal
- Case Reports in Dentistry
- Publication type
- case_report
- Evidence level
- 4
- Sample size
- 1
- Population
- Single patient requiring maxillary anterior periradicular surgery after nonsurgical endodontic failure
- Intervention
- Vestibular incision technique for periradicular surgery
Primary outcomes
Aesthetic outcome of gingival tissue following periradicular surgery