The outcome of endodontic retreatment: a 2-yr follow-up.

Retreatment is common in endodontics. The purpose of this article was to classify the different clinical situations encountered in retreatment cases and relate them to the outcome after an observation period of 24 months. A total of 425 patients (452 teeth) from 451 patients, consecutively admitted for root-canal retreatment, were monitored during a 24-month period.