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Prosthetic rehabilitation of a mandibular root amputated molar using single crown

In teeth with furcation involvement, root amputation is one of the treatment choices. A challenge which a dentist may encounter with is the prosthetic treatment of such teeth when their adjacent teeth are intact. According to the current goal of operative dentistry based on conservative treatment, i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mostafavi, Azam Sadat, Falahchai, Seyed Mehran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5730917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29249887
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jips.jips_121_17
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Sumario:In teeth with furcation involvement, root amputation is one of the treatment choices. A challenge which a dentist may encounter with is the prosthetic treatment of such teeth when their adjacent teeth are intact. According to the current goal of operative dentistry based on conservative treatment, it would be desirable to do in a manner resulting in minimal damage to the adjacent sound teeth. In the following case report, a step-by-step conservative treatment sequences of a mandibular molar with distal root amputation which not involving surrounding teeth is described. During 18 months follow-up, the results were satisfactory.