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IJDPMSInternational Journal of Dental Practice and Medical Sciences
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Review article · Vol 1, No 2 · January–April 2013 · pp. 66-72

Root Revascularization: Truth or Myth

Harsimran Kaur1, Vinod K.S2, Anitha G3, Nagraj M4, Baldeep Singh5, Shivakumar G.C6

  1. 1 Reader, Dept. of Pedodontics, Kothiwal Dental College and Research Centre, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
  2. 2 Reader, Dept. of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Triveni Institute of Dental Sciences, Hospital and Research Centre, Bodri, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
  3. 3 Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Periodontics, Triveni Institute of Dental Sciences, Hospital and Research Centre, Bodri, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
  4. 4 Professor & Head, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Triveni Institute of Dental Sciences, Hospital and Research Centre, Bodri, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
  5. 5 Senior Lecturer, Vananchal Dental College, Garhwa, Jharkhand
  6. 6 Professor, Dept. of Oral Medicine & Radiology, BBD College of Dental Sciences, Lucknow

Abstract

The management of immature permanent teeth has always been a challenging task. Even today, this has remained a topic of continuous research and altercation. For over decades, the treatment of choice for teeth with “blunderbuss canals” was periapical surgery followed by retrograde filling, or customized gutta percha fillings. But with the advent of calcium hydroxide for apexogenesis and apexification procedure, the former technique does not remain in practice. Some success and popularity has also been reported with single visit mineral trioxide aggregate plug. However, the major drawback associated with all these techniques were inappropriate crown root ratio with increased susceptibility to fracture. In the recent past, an innovative technique termed as revascularization has been proposed, in which the root canals of a tooth with an open apex and necrotic pulp is sterilized and hermetically sealed coronally over a period of time, to promote an increase in the thickness and length of root canal wall. In the present article, a sincere attempt has been made to review the recent approach of managing the immature permanent teeth.

Keywords Blunderbuss canalsImmature teethApexificationRevascularization

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Kaur H, Vinod KS, Anitha G, Nagraj M, Singh B, Shivakumar GC. Root Revascularization: Truth or Myth. Int J Dent Pract Med Sci. 2013;1(2):66-72.

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