Delayed Replantation after Endodontic and Fluoride Treatment: A 5-Year Follow-up.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate if endodontic and fluoride treatment of the root before delayed replantation would render the tooth a favorable prognosis.


METHODS
A 10-year-old boy reported 10 hours after he had avulsed his maxillary right permanent central incisor. The pulp and PDL cells were considered to be nonviable. Endodontic treatment for the tooth was performed extraorally and obturated with gutta-percha. Prior to replantation, the root was treated with 1.23% APSF for 15 minutes.


RESULTS
An intraoral radiograph taken 6 months after replantation revealed narrowing of the PDL space around the replanted tooth due to apposition from the surrounding alveolar bone. A radiograph taken 5 years after replantation revealed no evidence of external root resorption. There was no abnormal mobility either.


CONCLUSIONS
Extraoral endodontic treatment and root treatment with 1.23% APSF prior to delayed replantation might prevent the occurrence of external root resorption.
Lecturer, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Goa Dental College and Hospital, Goa, India.
Paul
P
Chalakkal
Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Christian Dental College and Hospital, Punjab, India.
Abi Mathew
AM
Thomas
Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Goa Dental College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, India.
Francis
F
Akkara
Lecturer, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Goa Dental College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, India.
Kristlee Sabrin
KS
Fernandes
Avulsion; Delayed replantation; Fluoride.
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