8 year-old child had fractured his maxillary central incisor 10-months ago. The pulp shows no response. There is no periapical lesion in the radiograph. The treatment of choice is:
Correct Answer: Complete debridement and apexification
Description: Apexification
Definition
“Apexification is defined as chemically induced root formation by calcium hydroxide or CMCP in nonvital immature, blunderbuss canals of young permanent teeth.”
APEXIFICATION
It is a method of inducing apical closure by formation of mineralized tissue in the apical region of a nonvital permanent tooth with an incompletely formed root apex.
It is defined as a method to induce development of the root apex of an immature pulpless tooth by formation of osteocementum/bone-like tissue (Cohen).
Apexification is a method of inducing apical closure through the formation of mineralized tissue in the apical pulp region of a nonvital tooth with an incompletely formed root and an open apex (Morse et al. 1990).
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