Delayed replantation of avulsed mature teeth with calcium hydroxide treatment
Articles > Article · 2000
Authors: Mehmet Kemal ÇALIŞKAN, Murat TÜRKÜN, N GOKAY
JOURNAL OF ENDODONTICS, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2000, vol 26, pp 472-476
DOI: 10.1097/00004770-200008000-00011
Summary
Three avulsed teeth that were replanted and splinted after approximately a 200-min dry extraoral period in two patients are presented. In case 1 calcium hydroxide treatment was performed 1 month after replantation, because the patient did not come for endodontic treatment on the day after replantation as requested. In case 2, calcium hydroxide treatment was initiated on the day after replantation. Calcium hydroxide treatment was used to prevent or treat inflammatory root resorption, During the follow-up periods the teeth reported in these cases have remained in a stable, functional position and did not reveal clinical ankylosis or replacement resorption.