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Progressive Cervical Root Resorption Related to Tetracycline Root Conditioning
Author(s) -
BenYehouda Amos
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1902/jop.1997.68.5.432
Subject(s) - tetracycline , dentistry , root resorption , root (linguistics) , medicine , conditioning , root caries , resorption , biology , mathematics , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , statistics , philosophy , linguistics
R oot resorption is reported as a microscopic finding in trials attempting to regenerate the periodontium using tetracycline or citric acid root conditioning. This report deals with a case of progressive cervical root resorption in a female patient who had been successfully treated by tetracycline root conditioning. The article emphasizes the possibility of this adverse effect, and discusses a possible mechanism inducing this phenomenon. J Periodontol 1997;68:432–435 .