title: Hemisection of a permanent mandibular first molar: a treatment option for a vertically impacted second premolar.
abstract: Hemisection as the name implies is the division of a tooth and removal of the unwanted portion thereafter. This technique was performed on a mandibular first permanent molar. An additional advantage of the procedure in the present case was that the impacted second premolar got adequate space to erupt into its occlusion without any further surgical sacrifices of the badly involved carious permanent molar or the impacted premolar itself.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, India.
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Prabhu
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Munshi
mesh_terms: D001641:Bicuspid / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000150:complications; D003790:Dental Pulp Necrosis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D008963:Molar / Q000601:surgery*; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000601:surgery*; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014098:Toothache / Q000209:etiology