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- Title
Multiple idiopathic external and internal resorption: Case report with cone-beam computed tomography findings.
- Authors
Celikten, Berkan; Uzuntas, Ceren Feriha; Kurt, Hakan
- Abstract
Root resorption is loss of dental hard tissue as a result of clastic activities. The dental hard tissue of permanent teeth does not normally undergo resorption, except in cases of inflammation or trauma. However, there are rare cases of tooth resorption of an unknown cause, known as "idiopathic root resorption." This report would discuss a rare case of multiple idiopathic resorption in the permanent maxillary and mandibular teeth of an otherwise healthy 36-year-old male patient. In addition to a clinical examination, the patient was imaged using conventional radiography and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). The examinations revealed multiple external and internal resorption of the teeth in all four quadrants of the jaws with an unknown cause. Multiple root resorption is a rare clinical phenomenon that should be examined using different radiographic modalities. Cross-sectional CBCT is useful in the diagnosis and examination of such lesions.
- Subjects
CONE beam computed tomography; RESORPTION (Physiology); INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL screening; JAW injuries; ENDODONTICS
- Publication
Imaging Science in Dentistry, 2014, Vol 44, Issue 4, p315
- ISSN
2233-7822
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.5624/isd.2014.44.4.315