title: Resurrecting an unsalvageable lower incisor with a mono-block approach.
abstract: Contemporary techniques, as well as the availability of bioactive and adhesive materials in endodontics, have helped revivifying teeth that were deemed hopeless. These newer materials and techniques would enable the clinician: (a) to predictably stop microbial activity (b) to achieve a total corono-apical fluid tight seal and (c) to strengthen mutilated teeth by obtaining intra-radicular reinforcement through mono-block effect. This case report demonstrates the successful treatment of a mutilated anterior tooth with the use of bioactive and adhesive materials to obtain a total seal and mono-block effect. This article also shows the use of a simple method in the placement of root filling cement into the root canal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Geetanjali Dental and Research Institute, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Rachit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Manuel S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yadav
keywords: Biodentine; custom-made cement placing device; glass fiber post; mono-block effect; rehabilitation