Vital pulp treatment of a lower canine with Mineral Trioxide Aggregate and radiographic follow-up at 4 years: a case report
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https://doi.org/10.15332/us.v21i2.2700Keywords:
Tooth resorption, Pulpotomy, Biocompatible materials, Dental pulp exposureAbstract
Disorders of the dental or pulp structures, in the primordia of root development, may be due to factors of direct incidence such as caries or trauma, but also to indirect factors as pre-eruptive intracoronal resorption (PEIR). Conservative treatment to preserve pulp viability using MTA (Mineral Trioxide Aggregate) has been recommended in different studies. The purpose of this case report is to present MTA as an alternative for vital pulp therapy (VPT) in a lower canine (tooth 33) with open apex and radiographic control at 4 years (2011-2015). For this, a 13-year-old male patient was approached, in 2011, with caries favoured by presumed pre-eruptive intracoronal resorption, in the lower canine with an open apex, because in the anamnesis it was reported that the canine, as it erupted, was cracking., for no apparent reason, which, in the literature, is associated with this diagnosis. A conservative pulpotomy treatment was carried out using MTA with clinical-radiographic follow-up at 4 years. As a result, it was possible to preserve the root pulp without invasive procedures, thus guaranteeing the complete formation of the root. During follow-up, no type of finding related to periapical alterations was evidenced, which shows that MTA is an alternative for TPV in teeth with open apex.
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