Dental pathology | Complete | Partial | Minimal, incomplete, or no clearance |
Caries | Restore all teeth | Restore mild/moderate caries if time permitted | Intervention only if symptomatic |
Severe caries/pulp involvement/dental abscess | Root canal treatment or extract | | |
Apical periodontitis | Retreat | Treat symptomatic lesions and all lesions ≥5 mm | |
Apicoectomy | Observe asymptomatic lesions and all lesions <5 mm | |
Extract | | |
Advanced periodontal disease | Extract teeth with: | Extract teeth with: | |
Probing depth ≥6 mm | Probing depth ≥8 mm | |
Furcation I, II, III | Mobility III | |
Severe inflammation | Severe inflammation | |
Partially erupted third molars | Extract | Observe asymptomatic teeth | |
| Extract partially erupted third molars with purulence associated with pericoronitis | |