CERVICAL ROOT RESORPTION

This article describes cervical root resorption, an external inflammat ory root resorption arising immediately below the attachment level of the root, The pathogenesis is not fully understood, although many theo ries have been presented. Clinically, cervical root resorption is usua lly asymptomatic. The radiographic appearance is variable and is easil y mistaken for that of internal root resorption. Histologically, the p resentation is identical to that of other inflammatory root resorption s.