The use of pre-implantation tooth lengths in the treatment of avulsed teeth.
This study examines the significant difference between clinical and radiographic root lengths taken using paralleling technique at various degrees of angulation. Seventeen extracted maxillary central incisors were measured and compared to clinical and radiographic root lengths obtained by using paralleling technique at various angulations. This result supports the importance of measuring the actual root lengths of the avulsed teeth before re-implantation, in order to improve the success rate of the endodontic management phase.
Ongkorahadjo
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Department of Orthodontics MC 841, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 801 S. Paulina, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. ongkorahardjo@hotmail.com
Kusnoto
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D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008437:Maxilla; D009811:Odontometry / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D012390:Root Canal Therapy; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000601:surgery*; D014090:Tooth Replantation; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*