PROGRESSIVE CERVICAL ROOT RESORPTION RELATED TO TETRACYCLINE ROOT CONDITIONING

Authors
BENYEHOUDA A
Citation
A. Benyehouda, PROGRESSIVE CERVICAL ROOT RESORPTION RELATED TO TETRACYCLINE ROOT CONDITIONING, Journal of periodontology, 68(5), 1997, pp. 432-435
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
Journal of periodontology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223492
Volume
68
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
432 - 435
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3492(1997)68:5<432:PCRRRT>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
ROOT RESORPTION IS REPORTED as a microscopic finding in trials attempt ing to regenerate the periodontium using tetracycline or citric acid r oot conditioning. This report deals with a case of progressive cervica l root resorption in a female patient who had been successfully treate d by tetracycline root conditioning, The article emphasizes the possib ility of this adverse effect, and discusses a possible mechanism induc ing this phenomenon.