Posterior Maxillary Prosthetic Treatment with Molar Hemisection - A case report
Background: Hemisection is an alternative treatment option for maintaining tooth with multiple root that indicated for extraction. Purpose: To reported tooth with multiple root indicated by extraction to be used as a fixed-fixed bridge abutment by extracting the infected root and maintain the health...
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Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga,
2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Background: Hemisection is an alternative treatment option for maintaining tooth with multiple root that indicated for extraction. Purpose: To reported tooth with multiple root indicated by extraction to be used as a fixed-fixed bridge abutment by extracting the infected root and maintain the healthy one. Case: A 53-year-old woman with caries in upper 1st molar teeth in mesiobuccally root that can't be maintained. Patients refuse the teeth to be extracted. Case Management: Hemisection treatment was performed on 26 mesiobuccal root, with the addition of bone graft. After the healing process, fixed-fixed bridges were made on 25, 26, 27, 28, with PFM on 25, 26, 27 and full cast crowns on 28 as the material. Discussion: Hemisection as a conservative treatment, can be an option for multiple root teeth that has been indicated for extraction but still have root that can be maintained. Conclusion: Teeth performed by hemisection treatments can be used as abutments with attention to the selection of patients to achieve long-term success. |
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| Item Description: | 2722-1253 10.20473/ijdm.v1i1.2018.22-26 |