Biological Restoration of a Grossly
Decayed Deciduous Mandibular Molar
Published: February 1, 2012 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2012/.1851
Shivani Mathur, Rahul Chopra, I.K. Pandit, Nikhil Srivastava, Neeraj Gugnani
1. Senior resident,Department of Pedodontics and Preventive
Dentistry, Government Dental College,Rohtak, Haryana
,India.
2. Senior resident, Department of Periodontics, Government
Dental College, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
3. Professor and Head of the Department,
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive dentistry
D.A.V.(C) Dental College & Hospital,
Yamunanagar, Haryana, India.
4. Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive
dentistry, D.A.V.(C) Dental College & Hospital,
Yamunanagar, Haryana, India.
5. Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive
dentistry D.A.V.(C) Dental College & Hospital,
Yamunanagar, Haryana, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Shivani Mathur, M.D.S
Senior resident,
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry,
Government Dental College,
Rohtak, Haryana.
Phone: 09354812365
E-mail: shivani_bds@rediffmail.com
This article reports a case of 7-year old child, in whom a severely damaged primary molar was biologically restored using a tooth obtained from another patient. After clinical evaluation, extracted tooth was adjusted to the prepared primary molar, it was autoclaved and bonded to the primary molar with dual cure resin cement. Occlusal adjustment was performed and periodic clinical follow up was carried out at 6 month and 12 month interval. In this case report, the use of biological restorations as a possible alternative treatment for rehabilitation of severely destroyed primary teeth is discussed.
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