Decoronation: An Alternative Treatment for Replacement Root Resorption

Figure 3

(a) Frontal intraoral photograph of the patient after a trauma to the upper left central incisor [11], which occurred 2 weeks earlier and caused an avulsion that was immediately reimplanted. Observe infraocclusion with respect to 2.1 and 1.2. (b) Periapical control radiograph performed 2 weeks after reinsertion of 11, in which intrusion and ankylosis are apparent. (c) Intraoral photograph during decoronation as the full-thickness flap is raised around the ankylosed tooth. (d) Intraoral photograph during decoronation, as the pulp tissue is removed from the root canal using an endodontic K-file.