Surgical repair of a resorptive defect in an anterior tooth of an adolescent: a case report
A case is described in which a 14‐year‐old girl was referred with external inflammatory resorption in the middle third of the root of her maxillary left lateral incisor; the resorptive defect was in continuity with the root canal and the prognosis was considered poor. After controlling the infection...
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Veröffentlicht in: | International journal of paediatric dentistry 1998-09, Vol.8 (3), p.219-222 |
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Zusammenfassung: | A case is described in which a 14‐year‐old girl was referred with external inflammatory resorption in the middle third of the root of her maxillary left lateral incisor; the resorptive defect was in continuity with the root canal and the prognosis was considered poor. After controlling the infection in the root canal and then repairing the defect surgically, the resorption ceased, and healing occurred, enabling the tooth to be retained. |
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ISSN: | 0960-7439 1365-263X |
DOI: | 10.1046/j.1365-263X.1998.00080.x |