Non-Surgical Endodontic Therapy as Treatment of Choice for a Misdiagnosed Recurring Extraoral Sinus Tract.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this article is to present the treatment of an odontogenic cutaneous sinus tract with exuberant extraoral granulation tissue and its successful endodontic treatment and follow up with Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT). In this case, a 31-year-old woman was referred for management of a reddish nodule on her chin. Previous surgical and antibiotic intervention by the dermatologist had not resolved the problem. Profound clinical and radiological examination (including CBCT) revealed apical periodontitis of tooth 32 to be the cause of the recurring cutaneous sinus tract. Conservative non-surgical root canal treatment was performed. With the aid of a topical corticosteroid and supplemental antibiotic therapy, healing of the apical periodontitis and resolution of the granulation

SUBMITTER: Curvers F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7757942 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature