title: Selectively retained vital roots for partial support of overdentures: a patient report.
abstract: Vital mandibular canine roots were submerged submucosally ina 52-year-old man. The events that occurred during 27 months of observation, while the patient wore dentures over the retained roots, were described.
mesh_terms: D003481:Cuspid / Q000601:surgery; D003781:Denture Retention; D003826:Denture, Complete, Lower; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*