Annals and essences of dentistry

  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 3

Endodontic Management of Internal Resorptive Defect in Maxillary Central Incisor: A Case Report

  • Author:
  • Anurag Singhal, Anuraag Gurtu, Kanishka Dua
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 73 to 76

Department of conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Instititute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly, India.

Abstract

Internal resorption is a form of tooth resorption that begins at any point of pulp chamber or root canal and produce an irregular progressive removal of tooth structure. Radiographically, the lesion appears as a uniform, round-to-oval radiolucent enlargement of the pulp space. This case report presents a rare case of resorption in the middle third of pulp space in maxillary right central incisor.

Keywords

Dental trauma, Internal resorption, Maxillary central incisor