RESEARCH ARTICLE


Root Resorption a 6-Year Follow-up Case Report



Caroline Dias 1, *, Luciane Closs 1, Fernando Barletta 2, Eduardo Reston 3, Maximiano F Tovo 4, Paula Lambert 2
1 Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, Brazil
2 Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, Brazil
3 Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, Brazil
4 Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, Brazil


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Abstract

This paper describes the clinical course of a pediatric patient developing cervical external root resorption (CERR). An 11-year old male patient had sustained dental trauma and was diagnosed with crown fracture affecting the incisal and middle thirds of the maxillary right permanent central incisor and the maxillary right permanent lateral incisor with pulp exposure and CERR after 24 months. Diagnosis and treatment of CERR are a challenge for dental practitioners. In this case, preservation of natural dentition is shown as a successful treatment in a 6-year follow-up.

Keywords: Incisor, permanent dentition, root resorption, trauma.