title: [Apical root end resection (Apicoectomy) as treatment option in cases of dental trauma in young patient].
abstract: Apical root end resection is becoming popular procedure as a treatment option in cases of ortho-grade endodontic failure. In this case report it has been shown that root end resection (Apicoectomy) had succeed to preserve a tooth after dental trauma with root fractured in the apical third. Any other conservative endodontic treatment failed. One-year follow-up revealed complete healing of the area. Apical root end resection might serve as a viable treatment option in cases of dental trauma in young patient in carefully selected patients.
authors.affiliation: Endodontics and Dental Trauma of Unit, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guttmacher
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Steif
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Braun
mesh_terms: D001047:Apicoectomy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D019227:Tooth Apex / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018677:Tooth Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome