Use the Mesh Cleaner to quickly repair mesh problems such as degenerate edges and faces.
Modify panel > Make a selection > Modifier List > Object-Space Modifiers > Mesh Cleaner
- Default menu: Create or select an object > Modifiers menu > Retopology Tools > Mesh Cleaner
Degenerate edges and face contain two vertex indices that are identical. Faces therefore have no geometric area, and no normal. Degenerate edges include a zero-linked edge.
Interface

Mesh Cleaner rollout
- Detect Problems button
- Click to detect problems in the targeted mesh.
- Degenerate Edges
- Displays the number of degenerate edges detected.
- Degenerate Faces
- Displays the number of degenerate faces detected.
- Non-Manifold
- When enabled, attempts to detect any non-manifold sections that prevent a watertight mesh.
- Repair Selected button
- Click to repair all selected mesh problems.