Is the Resorption External or Internal?

From Volume 34, Issue 4, May 2007 | Pages 218-229

Authors

Shanon Patel

BDS, MSc, MClinDent, MRD, PhD, FDS, FHEA

Clinical Teacher, King's College London Dental Institute, Restorative Dentistry, Guy's Hospital, London SEI 9RT, UK

Articles by Shanon Patel

Thomas Pitt Ford

BDS, PhD, FDS RCPS(Glas), FDS RCS(Ed), FDS RCS(Eng)

Professor of Endodontology, King's College London Dental Institute, Restorative Dentistry, Guy's Hospital, London SEI 9RT, UK

Articles by Thomas Pitt Ford

Abstract

Resorption of teeth is reviewed from a diagnostic perspective to clarify the confusion as to whether it is external or internal. The key features of the various types (external surface, transient apical breakdown, external inflammatory, external replacement, external cervical and internal) are described and illustrated by cases. Management and appropriate treatment is dependent on the correct diagnosis.

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