Root canal retreatments have always been the elefant in the room. The preoperative X-ray may or may not predict future difficulties, thus the clinician has to stay constantly alert for any unplanned situations that have to be managed. Nonclinical curvatures, separated files, ledges, perforations and much more circumstances can be completely camouflaged inside a common periapical X-ray, sabotaging the clinician’s plan and increases the risks of iatrogenic errors. Without a CBCT investigation prior to the endodontic retreatment, any clinician should perceive that caution and safety approach, even thought it can be more time-consuming, enhances the chance of having a favourable outcome.

Root canal retreatments have always been the elefant in the room. The preoperative X-ray may or may not predict future difficulties, thus the clinician has to stay constantly alert for any unplanned situations that have to be managed. Nonclinical curvatures, separated files, ledges, perforations and much more circumstances can be completely camouflaged inside a common periapical X-ray, sabotaging the clinician’s plan and increases the risks of iatrogenic errors. Without a CBCT investigation prior to the endodontic retreatment, any clinician should perceive that caution and safety approach, even thought it can be more time-consuming, enhances the chance of having a favourable outcome.

Root canal retreatments have always been the elefant in the room. The preoperative X-ray may or may not predict future difficulties, thus the clinician has to stay constantly alert for any unplanned situations that have to be managed. Nonclinical curvatures, separated files, ledges, perforations and much more circumstances can be completely camouflaged inside a common periapical X-ray, sabotaging the clinician’s plan and increases the risks of iatrogenic errors. Without a CBCT investigation prior to the endodontic retreatment, any clinician should perceive that caution and safety approach, even thought it can be more time-consuming, enhances the chance of having a favourable outcome.

Root canal retreatments have always been the elefant in the room. The preoperative X-ray may or may not predict future difficulties, thus the clinician has to stay constantly alert for any unplanned situations that have to be managed. Nonclinical curvatures, separated files, ledges, perforations and much more circumstances can be completely camouflaged inside a common periapical X-ray, sabotaging the clinician’s plan and increases the risks of iatrogenic errors. Without a CBCT investigation prior to the endodontic retreatment, any clinician should perceive that caution and safety approach, even thought it can be more time-consuming, enhances the chance of having a favourable outcome.