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case_images: (a) Preoperative radiograph showing the extent of carious lesion and periapical radiolucency. (b) Radiograph after completion of root canal treatment and removal of carious tooth structure. (c) Immediate postoperative radiograph showing extraction socket filled with bone graft
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case_images: F1
case_images: Radiographical examination revealed carious lesion extending to the cervical third of distal root [Figure 1a]. After completion of endodontic treatment that also included removal of all carious tooth structures [Figure 1b], hemisection of distal root was performed under local anesthesia. Immediate postoperative radiograph showed the well-retained mesial root and extraction socket of the distal root filled with bone graft [Figure 1c].
case_images: (a) Clinical photograph showing line of resection through furcation area. (b) Surgical field after removal of resected half of tooth structure. (c) Alloplastic graft placed in the socket of distal root. (d) One-month postoperative photograph showing healing of soft tissue
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case_images: F2
case_images: A fine probe was passed through the cut to ensure separation [Figure 2a]. The socket was irrigated adequately with sterile normal saline [Figure 2b]. The distal root socket and crater-like bony defect were grafted with alloplastic bone graft (hydroxyapatite and beta-tricalcium phosphate) [Figure 2c]. At 1-month recall visit, healing was found to be satisfactory, while mobility was absent [Figure 2d].
case_images: (a) Occlusal view of porcelain-fused-to-metal prosthesis. (b) Buccal view of porcelain-fused-to-metal prosthesis. (c) Postoperative radiograph at 3 months. (d) Postoperative radiograph at 9 months
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case_images: F3
case_images: Tooth preparation of the mesial portion of the first permanent molar and second molar was performed followed by porcelain-fused-to-metal prosthesis Figure [Figure 3a and b]. Radiographs at 3 months and 9 months suggested progressive formation of bone in the extraction socket along with resolution of radiolucency around the mesial root of #46 [Figure 3c and d].