2021, Volume 14, Issue 2, pp 287 – 294

Hopeless tooth? Prognosis and comprehensive treatment. A case report

SCImago Journal & Country Rank

Issues

Special Issues

Authors and Affiliations

Corresponding Author: Mihaela Maria Grigorie, Department of Endodontics, University of Medicine of Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Bucharest, Romania. E-mail: mihgrigore@gmail.com

All authors have contributed equally

Abstract

A hopeless tooth from a periodontal point of view, with severe bone resorption, mobility and abnormal tooth migration, is often extracted. In advanced cases, function and esthetics are impaired, and an interdisciplinary treatment is requested. Retaining or not these teeth is based on clinician judgment. A growing body of evidence claims that prognosis has great potential to be improved in a motivated patient with good oral hygiene and regular maintenance. This case report aims to present a periodontal regenerative technique combining enamel matrix protein derivatives and a particulated xenograft to treat intraosseous defects caused by periodontitis. The patient healed uneventfully, and no complications were recorded after the surgical procedure. To correct abnormal tooth migration and improve function and esthetics, orthodontic treatment was instituted. Tooth prognosis improved from hopeless to questionable. This approach extended the life span of a compromised tooth, improving periodontal support and decreasing tooth mobility. This could be an alternative to extraction and implant.

Keywords

About this article

PMC ID: 8169135
PubMed ID: 34104255
DOI: 10.25122/jml-2021-0080

Article Publishing Date (print): Mar-Apr 2021
Available Online: 

Journal information

ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.


SCImago Journal & Country Rank

Issues

Special Issues