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Record W4415831148 · doi:10.1016/j.identj.2025.104900

Apical Microsurgery Of Anterior Teeth: A Case Report

2025· article· en· W4415831148 on OpenAlexaboutno aff
Yinghao Huang, Yanan Zhu, Jingjing Li

Bibliographic record

VenueInternational Dental Journal · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldDentistry
TopicEndodontics and Root Canal Treatments
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsMicrosurgeryRoot canalCrown (dentistry)Apical cellApicoectomyOperating microscopeResorptionCyst

Abstract

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Introduction This report comprehensively presents the treatment process of apical microsurgery for a radicular cyst in the left anterior maxillary tooth of a 22-year-old male. Case description The patient's chief complaint was swelling and pain in the gums of the left anterior maxillary tooth for over a week. This tooth had suffered trauma 4 years ago and undergone root canal retreatment. Clinical examination revealed a discolored crown (tooth #21) with a resin filling. CBCT shows: There is a radiolucent image in the apical area of tooth #21.We performed a gingival flap in the anterior maxillary region, removed part of the diseased bone tissue, and exposed the apical region. We resected 3 mm of the apical tip. After apical retro-preparation, we performed retro-filling with i-Root BP plus(Innovative BioCeramix Inc,Vancouver,BC,Canada). Subsequently, we replaced and sutured the gingival flap, and took a postoperative radiograph.After 3 months of follow-up, the bone resorption area around the apical region regenerated well. Discussion Apical microsurgery should thoroughly scrape away the inflammatory granulation tissue in the apical region to expose a clear and intact apical tip, ensuring that the apical region is free from infection and facilitating the regeneration of soft and hard tissues in the surgical wound. Conclusion/clinical significance The success of apical microsurgery requires precise surgical techniques and a sterile surgical environment. Thorough debridement and maintaining the sealing of the apical region are the most crucial steps in apical microsurgery.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.002
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Case report · Consensus signal: Case report
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.007
Threshold uncertainty score0.014

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.002
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0020.002
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0020.002
Bibliometrics0.0030.002
Science and technology studies0.0040.002
Scholarly communication0.0030.003
Open science0.0020.003
Research integrity0.0070.004
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0040.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.013
GPT teacher head0.333
Teacher spread0.320 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designCase report
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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