A 19 year-old male was referred to the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics following a routine dental check-up. Patient’s dental history revealed that tooth #32 was avulsed three years ago during a basketball training session. The tooth was replanted and splinted with wire in the emergency room 1–2 h post-trauma. On clinical examination, tooth #32 was diagnosed with pulp necrosis, symptomatic apical periodontitis, and grade-two mobility. On a periapical radiograph, damage to the periodontal attachment and external inflammatory root resorption was evident. The treatment, conducted over two visits, included conventional root canal therapy followed by surgical repair of the resorptive defect. 6 months postoperatively, the tooth evidenced mobility within the physiological limits and radiographically showed complete radicular healing.
Keywords:- biomaterials
- root canal therapy
- root resorption
- surgery
- tooth avulsion