Correspondence to: Lucineide de Melo Santos Faculdade de Odontologia-FOUFAL Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Tabuleiro do Martins Maceió AL, CEP: 57072-970 E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Aim: ́ To evaluate comparatively the radiographic and electronic root canal length determination in primary molars. Methods: 128 canals from 66 primary molars were selected. The root of each tooth was cut open ...

Impacted mandibular third molars can be located in close proximity to the mandibular canal. This creates a risk for the nerve or artery injury. These are contained in the canal. However, the impacted third molar can be moved coronally by orthodontic means, after removal of overlying bone, and safely extracted. The orthodontic intervention slowly moves the tooth apex away from the mandibular can...

Patients with obsolete anterior tooth trauma often see a doctor because of dental stain or gingiva tumefaction and suppuration in clinical. In this case, a 28-year-old female patient took root canal therapy for repeated gingiva tumefaction and tooth stain in anterior teeth of left maxillary and giant foreign body at apex shown in X-ray photography. After removing the foreign body at apex by end...

Scientific advances in the creation of restorative biomaterials, in vitro cell culture technology, tissue grafting, tissue engineering, molecular biology and the human genome project provide the basis for the introduction of new technologies into dentistry. Non-vital infected teeth have long been treated with root canal therapy (for mature root apex) and apexification (for immature root apex), ...

Surgical derotation is a method of placing a rotated tooth in normal alignment in a dental arch; surgically, immediately and permanently. It is a potentially convenient and cost-effective treatment modality as compared to conventional orthodontic procedure for rotated maxillary incisor with open apex. Here is a presentation of a severely rotated maxillary left permanent central incisor in a nin...

introduction: the purpose of this clinical study was to compare the accuracy of working length (wl) determination using cone-beam computed tomography (cbct), conventional periapical radiographies and electronic apex locator. methods and materials: this study was conducted during root canal treatment of 19 patients with a total of 30 single-rooted teeth diagnosed with apical periodontitis. after...

in endodontics, treatment of an open apex tooth with necrotic pulp is a problem. it seems that with promotion of remnants of hertwig’s epithelial sheath or rest of malassez accompany with a good irrigation of root canal we can expect root formation.

INTRODUCTION Revitalization procedures have been widely used for the treatment of immature permanent teeth with apical periodontitis. The treatment procedures appear to be capable of encouraging continued root development and thickening of the canal walls. The nature of tissues formed in the canal space and at the root apex after revitalization has been shown histologically in several animal st...

In this case report, a mature third mandibular molar was transplanted in the socket of a hopeless first mandibular molar of the same quadrant. A 32-year-old woman was diagnosed with strip perforation of her left first lower molar. Orthograde and retrograde treatments were unsuccessful. The tooth was extracted and replaced by the third molar of the same quadrant. Following transplantation, the t...

OBJECTIVES The dental development of permanent mandibular teeth in a small group of children with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) was assessed from radiographs and compared to a healthy, age-and-sex-matched control group. METHODS This was a retrospective radiographic cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of a group of 44 children aged between 4 and 15 years with DEB and healthy, ...