title: Surgical repair of a resorptive defect in an anterior tooth of an adolescent: a case report.
abstract: A case is described in which a 14-year-old girl was referred with external inflammatory resorption in the middle third of the root of her maxillary left lateral incisor; the resorptive defect was in continuity with the root canal and the prognosis was considered poor. After controlling the infection in the root canal and then repairing the defect surgically, the resorption ceased, and healing occurred, enabling the tooth to be retained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000601:surgery*; D003790:Dental Pulp Necrosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000293:injuries*; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D012390:Root Canal Therapy / Q000379:methods; D012391:Root Resorption / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome