BACKGROUND Apical barrier formation and root strengthening procedures have been extensively described in the literature. This systematic review attempts to establish where the effects of interventions using multi-visit apexification, single visit apical plug techniques and root strengthening procedures are consistent and where they may vary significantly. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the relative e...

Treatment of a non vital tooth with necrotic pulp and immature apex is a great challenge to the clinician. In obturation for gutta-percha condensation, there should be an apical barrier to avoid extrusion of cements and gutta-percha into the apical area leading to periapical trauma. Apexification is a method which is used for treatment of such tooth with open apex. It is defined as “a method to...

apexification is a method of inducing apical closure for non-vital immature permanent teeth. during this treatment a mineralized barrier is induced [with long term calcium hydroxide (ch) treatment]; or artificially created [with mineral trioxide aggregate (mta) plug]. this article describes two cases of apexification in immature necrotic teeth treated with these two different techniques. after ...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the fracture resistance of simulated immature teeth, when the root canals were completely filled either with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) or Biodentine, comparing with that of roots filled with apexification procedure. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty mandibular premolar teeth with single, straight canals decoronated at cementoenamel junction were divi...

OBJECTIVES Endodontic management of open apex using MTA and platelet - rich fibrin membrane as an apical matrix barrier. STUDY DESIGN An immature tooth with pulpal necrosis and periapical pathology imposes a great difficulty to the endodontist. Endodontic treatment options for such teeth consist of conventional apexification procedure with and without apical barriers. This article demonstrate...

Introduction. Single-step apexification procedures using mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) have been reported as favorable treatment options for teeth with an open apex, posing greater benefits compared to the other available medicaments. However, controlled apical placement of MTA is a challenging procedure to perform using orthograde approach. This case series describes the outcome of the unin...

Objective: The objective of this report was to present a case of apexification in traumatized teeth treated with two different therapies for immature teeth. Methods: An 11-year-old male patient was referred to the Dental Trauma Service of the College of Dentistry — Piracicaba (UNICAMP), with enamel dentin fracture in the maxillary central incisors associated with subluxation caused by a bicycle...

Rmoval of abscessed primary teeth has been sug;ested because they have been shown in some tudies to create developmental defects with underlying permanent successors.' However there might be a rationale for attempting pulp therapy in some carefully selected cases, i.e., abscessed incisor prior to eruption of primary cuspids, as space closure may occur. In necrotic immature teeth, the wide and f...