Decoronation: An Alternative Treatment for Replacement Root Resorption

Figure 1

(a) Intraoral photograph of the patient at the clinic following trauma to the 4 incisors, with intrusion of the upper left lateral incisor. (b) Intraoral photograph of the patient following two weeks awaiting spontaneous reeruption of 22, showing insufficient reeruption. (c) Periapical radiographic projection of the orthodontic extrusion carried out after the failure of spontaneous reeruption, with complete extrusion of 22 and root development visibly indicated. (d) Radiographic projection 6 years after the trauma, in which arrested root growth and bone tissue growing inside the root canal can be observed on one of the control periapical radiographs taken after orthodontic treatment.