title: Management of teeth with open apexes and necrotic pulps: representative cases.
abstract: This paper briefly reviews the pros and cons of five methods used to treat a tooth with a necrotic pulp and an open apex (incompletely developed root), and presents representative treatments of open apex cases. These treatments include customized cone, short-fill, periapical surgery, apexification, and one-visit apexification.
authors.affiliation: Temple University, School of Dentistry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Morse
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yesilsoy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Larnic
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Simons
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001047:Apicoectomy; D002126:Calcium Hydroxide; D002648:Child; D003790:Dental Pulp Necrosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003809:Dentin, Secondary / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D006171:Gutta-Percha; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000293:injuries; D008297:Male; D011672:Pulpotomy; D012389:Root Canal Obturation; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000254:growth & development*; D015035:Zinc Oxide-Eugenol Cement
chemical_list: D015035:Zinc Oxide-Eugenol Cement; D006171:Gutta-Percha; D002126:Calcium Hydroxide