PMC9646318_01
(a) Clinical presentation of the case, diffuse swelling adjacent to the grossly carious teeth on the vestibule, (b) postsurgical healing after 8 days, and (c) the orthopantomography of the patient showing minimal radiolucency on the root apices masked by the maxillary sinus.
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On clinical examination, the right upper second premolar and first molar were found to be grossly carious with a diffuse swelling on the vestibule adjacent (Figure 1(a)). An orthopantomogram image was studied, and mild radiolucency was found in the root apices (Figure 1(c)).