Surgical Management of a Non-healing Intra-alveolar Root Fracture Associated with Pulpal Calcification and Root Resorption: A Case Report
Published: June 1, 2015 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/.6046
Sonali Kapoor, Parul Bansal, Sarath Chandran, Vineet Agrawal
1. Professor and Head, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Manubhai Patel Dental College, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
2. Reader, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Subharti Dental College, Meerut., Uttar Pradesh, India.
3. Professor and Head, Department of Periodontics, Manubhai Patel Dental College, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
4. Reader, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Manubhai Patel Dental College and Hospital, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Sonali Kapoor,
30, Nirman Society, Alkapuri, Vadodara, Gujarat - 390005, India.
E-mail: docsonali@yahoo.com
Radicular fractures are very challenging to address due to various complications like periodontal communication, increased mobility, and continued pulpal infection leading to necrosis and its long term sequelae like root resorption and pulp canal obliteration. This paper present a case of a long standing horizontal mid root fracture with root resorption and pulp canal obliteration, which was preserved functionally and aesthetically by surgical approach using MTA (mineral trioxide aggregate) and PRF (platelet rich fibrin).
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