Question 370 · LDEK · Trauma to permanent teeth
Indicate the proper management option for external inflammatory resorption:
- A. radiological follow-up (lesions tend to resolve spontaneously within up to 12 months following the injury).
- B. root canal treatment, intracanal application of an antibiotic and corticosteroid agent or long-term application of Ca(OH)₂, and finally, once resorption has been stopped, filling of the canal.
- C. for an infraoccluded immature tooth - decoronation and partial prosthetic replacement using a removable prosthesis.
- D. topical application of 90% trichloroacetic acid, curettage and filling of the resorptive cavity with glass ionomer cement.
- E. the correct answers are A and C.
Hint
Ask what keeps the osteoclasts active in this type of resorption and where that stimulus is located.
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