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Case Report
Management of internal root resorption in primary
mandibular right first molar: A case report with four-year
follow-up
Prasad K Musale
1
✉, Sneha S Kothare
2
, Abhinav l Talekar
3
Abstract
Internal inflammatory root resorption in primary teeth is a well-known entity
with unknown prevalence. The diagnosis and conservative treatment of such a
lesion has perplexed practitioners for decades. The management of a non-
perforating internal root resorption is long been debated by general dentists
and paediatric dentists alike. This case presentation describes the case of a 4-
year old boy with non-perforating internal root resorption in a primary molar
treated successfully with endodontic procedure and monitored routinely for
four years. The objective here was to suggest a minimally-invasive treatment
alternative to conventional treatment practices.
Keywords: Primary Teeth; Pulpectomy; Root Resorption
Highlights
The etiology and pathogenesis of
internal inflammatory root resorption
are partly understood and thus an
attempt is made at the same.
1
Chief paediatric dentist, Little One’s Big
Smiles, Laser and Microscopic Integrated
Paediatric Dentistry, Pune, Maharashtra,
India
2
Private practitioner, Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India
3
Reader, Department of Pedodontics and
Preventive Dentistry, M.A. Rangoonwala
College of Dental Sciences and Research
Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence:
Little One’s Big Smiles, Laser and
Microscopic Integrated Paediatric
Dentistry, Pune, Maharashtra, India
E-mail address:
pedoprass@gmail.com
Received: 27 January 2021
Accepted: 19 March 2021
Online First: 31 March 2021
An alternative to conventional
methods of management of
inflammatory internal root resorption
was shown and suggested.
The importance of chemical
debridement was emphasized.
Contemporary Pediatric Dentistry
Contemp Pediatr Dent 2021:2(1):57-63
DOI: 10.51463/cpd.2021.38