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Guided endodontics. Advantages disadvantages and future prospects. An overview

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Mohammed Hussain Alasmari1 , Mariam Alkhaldi2 , Suhael Ahmed3

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Guided endodontics is an advanced technique that can be considered as an alternate to conventional method. It is used in a variety of procedures, particularly in microsurgical endodontics, accessing and locating root canals in teeth with pulp canal obliteration, and removing glass fiber posts in endodontic retreatments. Additionally, it is unaffected by an operator's level of experience and requires less treatment time for the patients and is more precise and safer than conventional endodontics. The main aim of this research is to conduct an updated review of the literature on guided endodontics based on the most recent scientific research to identify and describe its advantages, and its disadvantages and to identify what the future holds for it. Literature search was conducted using four electronic databases: PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, and Web of Science from the period January 2012 to december 2022. Out of 1135 results, 29 articles were reviewed after elimination of duplicates.

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