Treatment of external root resorption: A case report

Abstract

Root resorption might result in the premature loss of the affected teeth. Most teeth with internal and external root resorption are symptom free and are first clinically recognized through routine radiographs. Calcium hydroxide is used as a temporary intracanal medicament in the management of root resorption followed by mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) treatment.Lesions appears as a uniform, round-to-oval radiolucent enlargement of the root surface. This case report describes non-surgical external resorption treatment with MTA and a six-month follow-up of a maxillary lateral incisor. The tooth was asymptomatic, and radiographic examination showed that the resorbed region had been successfully repaired with new hard tissue deposition within the six-month follow-up.