International Dental Journal of Students Research

  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 2

Bone fenestration: A case report of management of a lower anterior buccal bone fenestration

  • Author:
  • Murai Khalifa1,, Yuliya Mulyar2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 52 to 54

1BDS, DDS, GPR, McGill University, Family Dental Clinic, Strathmore, Alberta, Canada

2BA Psychology, DDS candidate, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

The term fenestration refers to a circumscribed defect that creates a “window ” through the bone over the prominent root. This lesion will be seen when the alveolar bone is exposed by a flap surgery, its associated with localized periodontal destruction. This case reports a 62year-oldmale patient who presented with persistent tooth pain at the lower right 2ed incisor, despite repeated root canal treatments by a general practitioner. When the patient visited our clinic, a CT examination was performed and apical fenestration was diagnosed. The tooth was not restorable due to a fracture in the apical third from a previous root canal therapy. Suggested treatment plan was to extract the tooth, perform bone grafting and a future implant.

Keywords

Bone fenestration, Tooth, Graft