Banner Portal
Apexification with white MTA in an immature permanent tooth with dens invaginatus
Remote (Português (Brasil))

Keywords

Dens invaginatus
Dens in dente
Apexification
Mineral trioxide aggregate
Calcium hydroxide

How to Cite

1.
Paulo A de O, Tanomaru Filho M, Leonardo R de T, Chávez-Andrade GM, Guerreiro-Tanomaru JM. Apexification with white MTA in an immature permanent tooth with dens invaginatus. Braz. J. Oral Sci. [Internet]. 2015 Oct. 19 [cited 2024 Dec. 12];12(1):61-5. Available from: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/bjos/article/view/8641161

Abstract

Dens invaginatus, also known as “dens in dente”, is a developmental dental anomaly resulting in an invagination of the enamel organ into the dental papilla. These cases present technical difficulties to the root canal treatment. Apexification using an apical plug of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) has been indicated as an alternative to long-term intracanal use of calcium hydroxide in immature permanent teeth. It is considered as a simple and rapid technique. This paper reports a case of Oehlers’ Type 1 dens invaginatus in an immature permanent maxillary right lateral incisor, which presented pulp necrosis secondary to dental trauma and was treated by apexification with white MTA apical plugging followed by conventional root canal therapy. The operative procedures are described and the technique is discussed. The physical and biological properties of MTA, associated with appropriate instrumentation and obturation techniques, make this material an excellent option in the endodontic therapy of immature permanent teeth with dens invaginatus.
Remote (Português (Brasil))
Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Copyright (c) 2015 Anderson de Oliveira Paulo, Mário Tanomaru Filho, Renato de Toledo Leonardo, Gisselle Moraima Chávez-Andrade, Juliane Maria Guerreiro-Tanomaru

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.