Journal of the American Dental Association, Vol 128, Issue 6, 751-754
Copyright © 1997 by American Dental Association
Forceps extraction of teeth with severe internal root resorption
DS Javaheri
and
JA Garibaldi
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, San Francisco, Calif. 94118, USA.
Many treatment plans require a dental practitioner to maintain the entire labial cortical plate of bone when removing an anterior maxillary tooth. A tooth with an undermined root secondary to an endodontic perforation or internal (Idiopathic) resorption can present a surgical challenge to the general practitioner. This article describes a new technique for extracting a severely undermined anterior maxillary tooth while maintaining the entire labial cortex of bone.