A Compromised Tooth is Still a Tooth
February 21, 2017
Endodontic diagnosis for tooth #2-7: previously treated, symptomatic apical periodontitis. Intra-oral examination reveals a wide, 6 to 8mm clinical attachment loss (i.e. probing defect) distal to tooth #2-7 and loss of distal contact due to enamel fracture. A CBCT scan shows intact buccal and palatal bone and a significantly shortened palatal root due to external inflammatory root resorption…