CBCT Endodontic Recall Examination and Comprehensive Treatment Planning

Terry Pannkuk, DDS, MScD Instructional, Retreatment Strategies, Dismantling, Recall Observations

The CBCT scan provides invaluable information about the status of previous teeth treated with endodontic therapy before utilizing them in a comprehensive prosthetic dental rehabilitation

Patient: 58 year old female with a reported NSAID allergy

Chief Complaint: Constant ache (#19, 1999), “Bump on Gums” (#14, 2003), Asymptomatic (2013)

Dental History: Patient first presented for treatment in 1999 with pain associated with a lower molar (#19) having been treated many years earlier, the patient returned 4 years later (2003) with another failed previous root canal treatment on an upper molar (#14). The patient returned 10 years later (2013) and was seeing a prosthodontist and undergoing a full mouth reconstruction with multiple teeth in both dental arches provisionalized.

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