Bicuspidization as a Savior for Questionable Tooth-a Report of Two Cases Rajpal Jaisika1,*, Arora Aakash2, Prasad Ruchika3, Gupta Jagriti4 1Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Periodontology, Subharti Dental College, Meerut 2Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Subharti Dental College, Meerut 3Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Oral medicine and radiology, Sardar Patel Dental College, Lucknow 4Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Oral Pathology, Sardar Patel Dental College, Lucknow *Corresponding author: Jaisika Rajpal, Senior Lecturer, 45/A Aashirwad Bhawan, Beside Maittri Niwas Guest House, Krishna Nagar, Kanpur road, Lucknow-226023. E-mail: drjaisikarajpal@gmail.com, Phone: 0522-2473104, Mobile: 09451950222
Online published on 9 September, 2013. Abstract Advances in dentistry, as well as the increased desire of patients to maintain their dentition, have lead to treatment of teeth that once would have been removed. In order to carry out this present day mandate, periodontally diseased teeth with severe bone loss may well be retained by removal of one or more of their roots. Treatment of multirooted teeth with lesions of varying degrees within the interradicular space has been one of the most challenging problems in periodontal therapy. It has been proposed that the reduced success rate of conservative nonsurgical and surgical therapy of furcation lesions is most likely related to the anatomical characteristics of the furcation area interfering with adequate instrumentation. Thus tooth resection procedures are used to preserve as much tooth structure as possible rather than sacrificing the whole tooth. The aim of this article is to present a report of bicuspidization and root amputation as a treatment option for Grade II and Grade III furcation involvement. Top Keywords Hemisection, Bicuspidization, Root Amputation, Root Resection, Furcation. Top |