A surgical procedure to separate or loosen scar tissue or adhesions around the apex of a tooth root.
From Latin apex (tip) + Greek lysis (loosening, breaking down). This surgical term developed in dental literature in the 20th century.
This procedure is the dental world's way of freeing up scar tissue that's tightening around a tooth's root—like carefully ungluing something that shouldn't be stuck together!
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