USE OF A RESIN-IONOMER IN THE TREATMENT OF MECHANICAL ROOT PERFORATION - REPORT OF A CASE

A perforated root represents a difficult challenge to the clinician, a nd treatment of such defects often involves surgical and/or advanced r estorative techniques. This typically requires a series of lengthy, of ten stressful appointments, may compromise esthetics, and invariably i nvolves additional costs to the patient. This case report describes th e nonsurgical treatment of separate mechanical perforations that resul ted from the removal of a failed prefabricated post. The tooth was res tored in a minimum number of visits through the use of a novel applica tion of a resin-ionomer material originally designed for routine resto rative procedures.