Endodontic treatment for traumatized immature permanent incisors. 1985

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Endodontic treatment of traumatized permanent incisor teeth in young children may often present special problems not encountered in the adult patient. They are determined primarily by (a) the pulpal response of an immature tooth to trauma, and (b) the mechanical difficulties encountered when attempts are made to obturate the root canal of a tooth with a widely patent apical foramen. The most appropriate intermediate and long term treatment will only be possible in individual cases if the tooth response is continuously monitored from the time of the initial injury to the point where the definitive treatment has been judged as successful. Thus at each attendance, clinical examination including pulp testing should be supplemented by the taking of routine periapical radiographs. Essentially three main pulpal responses are possible: i) Recovery ii) Calcification iii) Necrosis. The outcome in each case may be influenced by treatment procedures.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007180 Incisor Any of the eight frontal teeth (four maxillary and four mandibular) having a sharp incisal edge for cutting food and a single root, which occurs in man both as a deciduous and a permanent tooth. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p820) Incisors
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012390 Root Canal Therapy A treatment modality in endodontics concerned with the therapy of diseases of the dental pulp. For preparatory procedures, ROOT CANAL PREPARATION is available. Therapy, Root Canal,Canal Therapies, Root,Canal Therapy, Root,Root Canal Therapies,Therapies, Root Canal
D014084 Tooth Avulsion Partial or complete displacement of a tooth from its alveolar support. It is commonly the result of trauma. (From Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed, p312) Avulsed Tooth,Dislocation, Tooth,Tooth Luxation,Avulsion, Tooth,Avulsions, Tooth,Dislocations, Tooth,Luxation, Tooth,Luxations, Tooth,Tooth Avulsions,Tooth Dislocation,Tooth Dislocations,Tooth Luxations,Tooth, Avulsed

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