Hemisection as an Alternative Treatment for Resorbed Multirooted Tooth --- A Case Report

Advances in dentistry, as well as the increased desire of patients to maintain their dentition, have lead to treatment of teeth that once would have been removed. In order to carry out this present day mandate, periodontally diseased teeth with severe bone loss may well be retained by removal of one or more of their roots. Hemisection of a mandibular molar may be a suitable treatment option when the decay or resorption is restricted to one root and the other root is healthy. This article describes a simple procedure for hemisection in mandibular molar by vertical cut method and its subsequent restoration. Hemisection and prosthetic rehabilitation yielded a satisfactory result.