Pathogenesis of apical periodontitis and the causes of endodontic failures.

By P. S. Nair. Critical Reviews in Oral Biology and Medicine, 2004

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Outcome of secondary root canal treatment: a systematic review of the literature. (2007, background): “Alternatively, the problem may be one of inaccessible location of the infection within the root canal system, due to natural (Wada et al. 1998, Nair 2004, Nair et al. 2005) or iatrogenic (Seltzer et al. 1967) impediments.”
Modern endodontic surgery concepts and practice: a review. (2006, background): “It is the prevailing opinion that pocket cysts heal after endodontic therapy (13, 16, 17), but true periapical cysts may not heal after nonsurgical endodontic therapy (11, 12, 15).”
On the causes of persistent apical periodontitis: a review. (2006, background): “Therefore, in spite of the current focus of attention, it still remains to be shown, in controlled studies, that E. faecalis is the pathogen of signiﬁcance in most cases of non-healing apical lesions after endodontic treatment (Nair 2004).”