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Apical Periodontitis in Root-Filled Teeth pp 55–71Cite as

Decision Making

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In this chapter the complexity of any clinical decision making process is briefly sketched out.

Descriptive as well as prescriptive projects regarding endodontic retreatment decision making are reviewed. The inherent ethical aspects of any prescriptive system are emphasized.

But this chapter also gives simple guidelines for the clinician’s everyday decision making regarding persistent apical periodontitis.

I used to be indecisive but now I am not quite sure.

—Tommy Cooper (1921–1984). Welsh comedian and magician.

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Kvist, T. (2018). Decision Making. In: Kvist, T. (eds) Apical Periodontitis in Root-Filled Teeth. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57250-5_6

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