title: Usage of white mineral trioxide aggregate in a non-vital primary molar with no permanent successor.
abstract: The aim of this study was to present the treatment and long-term follow-up of a case in which white mineral trioxide aggregate (WMTA) was used in the pulpectomy of a non-vital primary molar with no permanent successor. The physiological, aesthetic and functional consequences of treating primary teeth without permanent successors makes this a unique challenge. In the present case, WMTA was used in the pulpectomy of a primary molar with no permanent successor in an 8-year-old child. The treatment was considered successful. Follow-up examinations showed that root resorption in the mesial root surface, with no infra-occlusion or ankylosis 36 months after treatment. WMTA may be considered as an alternative pulpectomy material for non-vital primary teeth with no permanent successors, although long-term clinical studies are still needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey. sentunc@yahoo.com
authors.forename: E Sen
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Tunc
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bayrak
mesh_terms: D017607:Aluminum Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000848:Anodontia / Q000473:pathology; D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D003442:Crowns; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000628:therapy; D003790:Dental Pulp Necrosis / Q000628:therapy; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008963:Molar / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology*; D010087:Oxides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010482:Periapical Abscess / Q000628:therapy; D011670:Pulpectomy; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018915:Root Canal Preparation / Q000379:methods; D017640:Silicates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000473:pathology*; D019553:Tooth, Nonvital / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D017610:Calcium Compounds; D004338:Drug Combinations; D010087:Oxides; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; D017640:Silicates; C086631:mineral trioxide aggregate