2012, Volume 5, Issue 2, pp 145 – 148

External radicular resorption: Selected cases and review of the literature

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Correspondence to:: Bogdan Dimitriu, DDS, PhD 3 Dr. A. Boicescu Street, 050484, District 5, Bucharest Phone: 0744580012; E-mail: bogdim@gmail.com

Abstract

External radicular resorption is a pathological process that generates the loss of cementum, dentin and bone, almost irreversibly, involving vital and pulpless teeth. The early stage is asymptomatic and might be diagnosed by a routine radiograph or a clinical examination. Radicular resorption appears because of cementoclastic, dentinoclastic or/and osteoclastic activity. The process of resorption is associated with a damage of the periodontal ligament as a result of injury and necrosis, macrophages are the first cells that are detected, followed by multinucleated cells, odontoclasts, which affect the cementum and dentin.

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PMC ID: 3391874
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Article Publishing Date (print): 12-06-2012
Available Online: 18-06-2012

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

Copyright License: Open Access

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