Open AccessTreatment of inflammatory root resorption using mineral trioxide aggregate: A case report
Author(s) -
Roohollah Sharifi,
Masoud Parirokh,
Seyed Amir Razavi Satvati,
Mahmoud Torabinejad
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
dental hypotheses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.164
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2155-8213
DOI - 10.4103/2155-8213.140610
Subject(s) - mineral trioxide aggregate , root canal , dentistry , root resorption , apexification , calcium hydroxide , medicine , resorption , ankylosis , crown (dentistry) , bone resorption , chemistry
This report presents a case to show inflammatory root resorption can be successfully treated by using mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA). Case Report: A central maxillary incisor of an eight-year-old boy was avulsed associated with crown fracture secondary to a fall. The tooth was stored in ice. Early attempts at pulpal revascularization of the replanted tooth proved unsuccessful. To stop inflammatory root resorption, long-term calcium hydroxide therapy was employed. Despite the use of calcium hydroxide, resorption continued. Subsequent to the failure of that treatment, MTA was used as a root canal filling material. At 20-month follow-up, the tooth was asymptomatic and had clinical signs of ankylosis but external inflammatory root resorption had stopped. Discussion: MTA may be considered as an alternative option for the treatment of continuous external inflammatory root resorption