Endodontic medmal cases concentrate around file separation without disclosure, root or furcation perforation, sodium hypochlorite accidents, missed MB2 canal in upper molars, and IAN injury from over-instrumentation. AAE Position Statements define the floor on disclosure + adverse-event management.
Try the 2-min Endodontics demo → All specialtiesEndo cases turn on documented adverse-event disclosure and appropriate specialist referral. AAE Position Statement on Patient Communication explicitly requires immediate disclosure of file separation. NaOCl accidents require specific management. Missed MB2 in upper molars is a known anatomic miss.
File fractured in canal; not disclosed; treatment continued without referral.
Root or furcation perforation not recognized intraop or not MTA-repaired per AAE.
NaOCl extruded into periapical tissues; emergency management not initiated.
Lower molar endo with NaOCl or instrument into mandibular canal; permanent paresthesia.
Upper 1st molar treated without MB2 located/treated; persistent infection.
Instruments or material beyond apex; paresthesia or chronic pain.
For file-separation cases: lock the witness into "I left the fragment and didn't think it would matter," then juxtapose against the AAE standard requiring immediate documented disclosure + alternative treatment discussion.
Why this lands: witness has framed paternalistic clinical confidence as a substitute for patient-autonomy disclosure.
Endo cases turn on documented adverse-event disclosure + specialist referral. AAE Position Statements explicitly require this.
AAE Position Statements (Patient Communication, NaOCl Accidents); AAE Treatment Standards.
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