title: Endodontic and periodontal treatment of an external cervical resorption.
abstract: External root resorption can be divided into 3 categories: 1) progressive inflammatory resorption; 2) cervical resorption; and 3) replacement resorption. Cervical resorption is a not well recognized type of progressive external inflammatory resorption. It occurs after injury to the cervical attachment apparatus, mostly in the area of the cervical root surface (precementum) below the epithelial attachment. The present article describes an abnormal case of cervical resorption in a vital lateral maxillary incisor of a 27-year-old male patient. Endodontic treatment and subsequent periodontal plastic-esthetic surgery were performed. Reconstruction of the defect was achieved using mineral trioxide aggregate cement. After 2 years, the tooth showed no pathologic symptoms. The present case demonstrates a novel combined endodontic and periodontal treatment of an external root resorption.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany. jose.gonzales@dentist.med.uni-giessen.de <jose.gonzales@dentist.med.uni-giessen.de>
authors.forename: Jose Roberto
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.forename: Hille
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rodekirchen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017607:Aluminum Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003774:Dental Plaque Index; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010087:Oxides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010512:Periodontal Index; D011859:Radiography; D012390:Root Canal Therapy / Q000379:methods; D012391:Root Resorption / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D017640:Silicates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019237:Tooth Cervix / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D017610:Calcium Compounds; D003764:Dental Materials; D004338:Drug Combinations; D010087:Oxides; D017640:Silicates; C086631:mineral trioxide aggregate