Diagnosis Patient is asymptomatic; but, aware that tooth #31 has had a resorptive defect for over ten years. There is no evidence of the defect upon visual inspection and clinical findings are within normal limits. CBCT images display a resorptive defect on the distal aspect involving the dentin and communicating with the periodontal ligament. This […]
Diagnosis Patient presented the chief complaint of a loose lower front tooth. Clinical examination revealed a non-restored tooth #24 with class 3 mobility and tenderness to percussion and palpation. Radiographs revealed a mid-root radiolucency communicating with the apex and bone loss extending up the mesial root surface to the crestal bone. CBCT displayed external inflammatory […]
Diagnosis Patient has had several phases of orthodontic treatment that commenced when he was seven years old. He also had a history of a labially positioned and impacted maxillary cuspid that was surgically exposed and orthodontically moved into position. He had a traumatic injury to his face that resulted in a broken nose. As a […]
Diagnosis Patient presented with no symptoms. Radiographs and CBCT scan show invasive cervical external resorption. Challenge The location of the resorptive defect (on the palatal aspect of the root) would make a surgical repair very difficult. Treatment Prophylactic endo completed along with orthograde Geristore root repair. No surgical intervention was needed. Repair was […]
diagnosis Patient presented with a history of pain on the lower right. Radiographic examination exhibited external resorption of the mesiobuccal root. Clinical testing showed the tooth to have lingering pain to cold, consistent with a diagnosis of irreversible pulpitis. Challenge The resorption of the mesial root communicates with the mesiobuccal canal. This makes the […]
Diagnosis Patient with intermittent pain on the lower left side. Examination revealed what appeared to be extensive external resorption on #18 near the pulp, with lingering pain to cold and pain on percussion consistent with a symptomatic irreversible pulpitis. CBCT showed the defect to be on the mesiolingual aspect, just above the crestal bone and […]
Diagnosis Patient in good health. Chief complaint of lingering pain to cold and tenderness to palpation over the buccal of #30. Examination revealed #30 to have a symptomatic irreversible pulpitis with external resorption on the mesiobuccal root. Challenge A 6mm pocket was present over the mesiobuccal root in the area of the resorption. The […]