A root end surgery, also known as apicoectomy (apico- + -ectomy), root resection, retrograde root canal treatment (c.f. orthograde root canal treatment) or root-end filling, is an endodontic surgical procedure whereby a tooth`s root tip is removed and a root end cavity is prepared and filled with a biocompatible material. Microsurgical endodontic....
Amputation of the apex of a tooth.
An apicoectomy is a surgical procedure that attempts to remove infection usually the result of a failed root canal surgery from the tip of the tooth root (apex) the are where nerves and blood vessels enter the tooth and travel through a canal inside the root and into the pulp chamber which is inside the crown or the part of the tooth visible in the...
A surgical root canal treatment used to seal the tip of a root when conventional root canal treatment has failed or is contraindicated.
<procedure> Excision of the apical portion of a tooth through an opening made in the overlying labial, buccal, or palatal alveolar bone. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... 
(a″pĭ-ko-ek´tә-me) excision of the apical portion of the root of a tooth through an opening in overlying tissues of the jaw.
The amputation of the apex of a tooth.
Type: Term Pronunciation: ap′i-kō-ek′tō-mē Definitions: 1. Surgical removal of a tooth root apex. Synonyms: root resection
apicoectomy Excision of the apical (apex or tip) portion of a tooth through an opening made in the overlying labial (tooth surface next to lips), buccal (toward the cheek), or palatal (roof of the mouth) alveolar (sockets of the teeth) bone.
Removal of the tip of a tooth root.
a surgical procedure to remove the end of a tooth root in endodontic therapy.