Interdisciplinary Approach to a Tooth with Open Apex and Persistent Sinus

• Main Authors: Anoop N. Das (Author), Krishnamohan Geetha (Author), Ajay Varghese Kurian (Author), Radhakrishnan Nair (Author), K. Nandakumar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Traumatic injuries in childhood may disrupt root development leading to a tooth with open apex. Apexification procedures in such cases aim at root end closure after reasonable period of time. In some chronic cases, complete healing of the periapical area does not occur resulting in development of a...