Management of a Non-Vital Central Incisor Tooth with Three Root Canals

From Volume 31, Issue 3, April 2004 | Pages 142-144

Authors

Halla Zaitoun

BDS, MFDS, MDentSci, FRCS(Paed)

Senior House Officer, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH.

Articles by Halla Zaitoun

Iain C. Mackie

BDS, FDS, PhD, MSc, DDPH

Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry, Unit of Paediatric Dentistry, University Dental Hospital of Manchester

Articles by Iain C. Mackie

Abstract

A macrodont permanent central incisor tooth with unusual root canal morphology became non-vital 18 months following trauma. Two root canals were initially identified and filled, but the patient continued to have symptoms and radiographic examination indicated apical periodontitis. Careful radiographic and clinical examination revealed a third root canal, which was subsequently treated, resulting in the resolution of symptoms and periapical healing.

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