Saving the unsavable: Intentional replantation
Where do we draw the line and accept the extraction as a treatment option in endodontics? Is there a limit of what endodontics can achieve? Today we will discuss about intentional replantation and how it can provide us with a solution beyond the borders of conventional root canal treatment presenting a case with a two year follow up.
External resorption Part II
Root resorption is the loss of hard dental tissue due to the action of osteoclastic cells. External resorptions present a challenging clinical situation; often, lesions are misdiagnosed and confused. Therefore, […]
Diagnosis and treatment of External Root Resorption: a case report
ECR is a pathologic root resorptive process with an unclear aetiology. Beginning in a point of entry in the cervical area of the root, in later stages, the resorptive process can reach the pulpal space.
The purpose of this article is to report this clinical condition, through the description of one clinical case, highlighting everything from the diagnosis to the treatment performed.
External cervical resorption
External cervical resorption (ECR) is an aggressive form of root resorption (RR), which initiates from the external cervical area of the tooth. Its aetiology is mostly unclear. As in this […]
Treatment of an invasive external resorption
To treat correctly external resorptions it is essential to know how to correctly diagnose them.
The endodontic dark hole
Internal resorption is a complex case that requires multiple tools and knowledge to treat it properly. Internal resorption is a condition in vital cases where is the loss of dentin […]
Endodontic treatment of an immature necrotic tooth
A 19 years old patient with a traumatized upper central incisor and a non esthetic diastema came to my office. Considering the age of the patient it has been decided […]
External resorption
Tooth resorptions can be classified as: (1) trauma induced; (2) infection induced; or (3) hyperplastic invasive. Some transient trauma induced resorptions require no treatment but must be carefully monitored to […]
Management of a perforating internal inflammatory root resorption in a maxillary central incisor
Internal root resorption is an inflammatory condition that produces the destruction of hard dental tissues. For the resorptive process to take place, two conditions have to occur simultaneously. First of […]
Invasive Cervical Resorption Part 2: Combined Non-surgical and surgical management
For invasive cervical resorption to occur and propagate, there must be a damage in the periodontal ligament and cementum in addition to a contributing factor(s) which is assumed to sustain […]
Internal inflammatory root resorption: a case report
Internal root resorption is rare in permanent teeth. The altered canal anatomy resultant from the resorptive process poses a challenge for the chemo-mechanical debridement and sealing of the root canal. […]
External cervical resorption and new bioactive materials
Effective management of external cervical resorption (ECR) depends on the accurate assessment of the true nature and accessibility of ECR. The aim of this article is, based on the available evidence, […]