Intentional replantation as a last resort in the treatment of endodontic failures: Literature Review

Abstract

One of the main objectives of endodontic treatment is the decontamination of root canal systems visando alcançar o sucesso clínico com o paciente sem sinais e sintomas.However, sometimes endodontic treatment fails, causing a periradicular inflammatory lesion to persist. Given this, there are several treatment options, including non-surgical endodontic retreatment and apical microsurgery. Sometimes these options are unfeasible, and intentional reimplantation appears as the last therapeutic option for dental element extraction.The main objective of the present study was to analyze the effectiveness of intentional replantation as a last resort in the treatment of endodontic failures. As an inclusion criterion, articles from the PubMed, Google Scholar and SciELO database were used. In PubMed, 61 articles were found, 08 were selected. In Google Scholar, 131 articles were found, 8 of which were selected for the research. In SciELO, 2 articles were found, were 2 were selected. Also 4 articles were included by cross-reasearch. Thus, a final sample of 23 articles inserted in the work was obtained. It is concluded that intentional reimplantation is a viable alternative, but the lack of a preestablished clinical protocol makes it difficult to practice the procedure.