Little Difference is Found Between Surgical and Nonsurgical Approaches for Treatment of Periradicular Lesions Following Endodontic Therapy

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Article Title and Bibliographic Information Surgical Versus Non-Surgical Endodontic Re-Treatment for Periradicular Lesions Del Fabbro M, Taschieri S, Testori T, Francetti L, Weinstein RL. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2007;(3):CD005511 Level of Evidence 1A Strength of Recommendation Grade B ∗ ∗Newman MG, Weyant R, Hujoel P. JEBDP Improves Grading System and Adopts Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy Grading (SORT) for Guidelines and Systematic Reviews. J Evid Base Dent Pract 2007;7:147-150. Purpose To assess the effects of surgical versus nonsurgical endodontic therapy for the retreatment of teeth with periapical pathosis. Source of Funding None noted Type of Study/Design Systematic Review