Open AccessSuccessful treatment of dens invaginatus type 3 with infected invagination, vital pulp, and cystic lession: A case report
Author(s) -
Dembinskaite Ausra,
Veberiene Rita,
Machiulskiene Vita
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1647
Subject(s) - dens invaginatus , invagination , medicine , dentistry , maxillary lateral incisor , periodontitis , pulp (tooth) , permanent teeth , dental papilla , surgery , maxillary central incisor , odontoblast
Key Clinical Message All efforts should be aimed to safe permanent tooth for adolescents. Presented rare case confirms a possibility to save a tooth with Oehlers Type 3 anomaly with peri‐invaginated periodontitis and to preserve vitality of the tooth pulp, even when surgical cyst removal is performed.