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Volume 7 Issue 6 (June, 2019)

Case Reports

Management of Mandibular Molar having Sub-Gingival Caries by Hemisection and Post & Core- A Case Report
Nidhi Singh, Neelam Mittal, H C Baranwal, Richik Tripathi, C. K. Wang

Now a day’s patients are more concerned about oral health. They want to preserve their teeth by latest treatment option and methods available. There are so many treatments but treatment option based on the clinical condition, an age of the patient and economical condition of the patient. Root amputation or hemisection of mandibular molar is a suitable treatment options for decayed tooth rather than extraction. Tooth resection procedures preserve as much tooth structure as possible without extracting the whole tooth. Sectioning of the molar tooth with the removal of an unrestorable root which may be affected by periodontal, endodontic, cracked root or caries is called hemisection. This article describes a case report, in which decayed terminal abutment was part of a fixed prosthesis.
 Key word: Root amputation, hemisection, root canal treatment, cast post and core prosthesis.

Received: 10May, 2019                             Revised:  28 May 2019                             Accepted: 29 May 2019

Corresponding Author:  Dr Nidhi Singh, Senior resident, Deptt of  Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics,  Faculty of Dental Sciences, IMS, BHU Varanasi, U.P., India

This article may be cited as: Singh N, Mittal N, Baranwal H C, Tripathi R, Wang CK. Management of Mandibular Molar having Sub-Gingival Caries by Hemisection and Post & Core: A Case Report. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(6): 19-23.

 
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