Endodontic treatment of a 36-mm long upper cuspid: clinical case report

Authors

  • Fernando Branco Barletta PhD. Associate professor, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Universidade Luterana do Brasil (ULBRA), Canoas, Brazil, and School of Dentistry, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil.
  • Fabiana Soares Grecca PhD. Associate professor of Endodontics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
  • Márcia Helena Wagner Assistant professor, School of Dentistry, UNISC, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil.
  • Ronise Ferreira Associate professor, School of Dentistry, UNISC, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil.
  • Fernanda Ullmann Lopez MSc in Endodontics, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Keywords:

Anatomy, cuspid, dental pulp cavity, endodontics

Abstract

Purpose: To report a clinical case of a 36 mm long upper cuspid submitted to root canal treatment, with emphasis on the alternative technique employed. Case description: A 32 years old, male patient had suffered subluxation of teeth 12 and 13 and coronal fracture involving enamel and dentin, as well as pulp exposition, of tooth 14 because of a motorcycle accident. The man was given dental assistance and a semi-rigid splinting of teeth numbers 12 and 13 was carried out followed by the root canal treatment in a single visit on tooth no. 14. At 30-day follow-up pulp necrosis was detected in teeth 12 and 13 and the root canal treatment was implemented. The tooth 13 was 36 mm long and since the longest possible file (31 mm) was already in use, the cervical limit of the access cavity was considered as the reference point. Conclusion: This technique not only provided adequate disinfection, preparation and filling of the root canal, but it also allowed preservation of the remaining tooth structure.

Author Biographies

Fernando Branco Barletta, PhD. Associate professor, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Universidade Luterana do Brasil (ULBRA), Canoas, Brazil, and School of Dentistry, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil.

Graduate Program in Dentistry, Universidade Luterana do Brasil (ULBRA), Canoas, Brazil, and School of Dentistry, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil

Fabiana Soares Grecca, PhD. Associate professor of Endodontics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.

School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil

Márcia Helena Wagner, Assistant professor, School of Dentistry, UNISC, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil.

School of Dentistry, UNISC, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil

Ronise Ferreira, Associate professor, School of Dentistry, UNISC, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil.

School of Dentistry, UNISC, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil

Fernanda Ullmann Lopez, MSc in Endodontics, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Graduate Program in Dentistry, Universidade Luterana do Brasil (ULBRA), Canoas, Brazil, and School of Dentistry, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil

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Published

2010-09-26

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 4 (2010)

Section

Case Report

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