#root resection

• Apicoectomy — A dental surgical procedure (also known as apicoectomy or root-end resection) consisting of the surgical removal of the apex (tip) of a tooth root, along with the surrounding necrotic or infected bone tissue. This surgical endodontic treatment is applied when classic root canal treatments fail, aiming to save the tooth from extraction.
• Apicoectomy — A dental surgical procedure consisting of the surgical removal of the apex (tip) of a tooth root, along with the surrounding infected or necrotic bone tissue. Widely known also as root-end resection or apicoectomy, it is applied when classic endodontic root canal treatment fails.
• Apicotomy — A surgical intervention consisting of the sectioning or incision of an apex (tip); in dentistry, it represents the surgical cutting of the root tip of a tooth to eliminate a persistent periapical infection, often used as a partial synonym for root-end resection. In an otorhinolaryngological context, it describes the surgical incision or drainage of the petrous apex of the temporal bone in severe cases of petrositis.