Treatment of inflammatory root resorption using mineral trioxide aggregate: A case report

• Main Authors: Roohollah Sharifi (Author), Masoud Parirokh (Author), Seyed Amir Razavi Satvati (Author), Mahmoud Torabinejad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 2155-8213; 10.4103/2155-8213.140610
• Keywords: Tooth avulsion; root resorption; mineral trioxide aggregate; Dentistry; RK1-715
• Source: Dental Hypotheses, Vol 5, Iss 4, Pp 172-176 (2014)

Introduction: This report presents a case to show inflammatory root resorption can be successfully treated by using mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA). Case Report: A central maxillary incisor of an eight-year-old boy was avulsed associated with crown fracture secondary to a fall. The tooth was stored in ice. Early attempts at pulpal revascularization of the replanted tooth proved unsuccessful. To stop inflammatory root resorption, long-term calcium hydroxide therapy was employed. Despite the use of calcium hydroxide, resorption continued. Subsequent to the failure of that treatment, MTA was used as a root canal filling material. At 20-month follow-up, the tooth was asymptomatic and had clinical signs of ankylosis but external inflammatory root resorption had stopped. Discussion: MTA may be considered as an alternative option for the treatment of continuous external inflammatory root resorption.