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case_images: Chronological flowchart of case report timeline illustrating the key milestones and events in the progression of the case report. OPG: orthopantomogram, IOPA: intraoral periapical
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case_images: A 15-year-old girl reported to the Outpatient Department of IGIMS, Patna, with a chief complaint of pain in the right lower back tooth region for 15 days [Figure 1].
case_images: Sequential stages of endodontic intervention in a mandibular right permanent second molar with a separated instrument. (a) Preoperative radiograph revealed a fragment of a separated instrument (inside the circle) in the mesial root. (b) Tooth after intentional extraction. Separated instrument fragment (inside the circle) can be seen projecting from the apical foramen of mesial root. (c) Tooth after removal of the separated instrument (inside the circle) from the root canal. (d) Access cavity refined. (e) Root canal preparation and obturation completed. (f) Apicoectomy performed. (g) Biodentine retrofilling completed. (h) Tooth replanted. (i) Fiber splint applied on the tooth. (j) Immediate postoperative radiograph. (k) One-year follow-up radiograph showing resolution of periapical radiolucency
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case_images: On periapical radiographs at 12-month follow-up, a significant reduction in periapical radiolucency was seen [Figure 2].