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CASE 1 - TREATMENT OF ABSCESSED TEETH WITH TEMPCANAL
Four months after an auto accident in which her chin hit the steering wheel, the patient presented with painful loose lower central incisors. The case was treated immediately by removing the pulps and placing TempCanal.
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Radiograph shows abscessed teeth with considerable bone loss.
Six months after root canal
therapy and treatment with TempCanal, radiograph shows bone filling in and healing.
One year follow up shows healing and obturation with Pulpdent Root Canal Sealer.
Radiograph taken nine years after final filling shows long term success.
CASE 2 - REVERSING ROOT CANAL FAILURES
Six years after root canal therapy, the patient presented with a large periapical lesion. This tooth can be saved.
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Pre-operative radiograph shows large periapical lesion with furcation involvement. (1979)
Six years after root canal treatment, a radiograph shows that the periapical lesion is even worse.
(1985)
The crown, post and gutta percha were removed, and the canals were filled with TempCanal. Radiograph taken 9 months after treatment with TempCanal shows healing. (1986)
Radiograph taken nine years after final filling shows long term success.
(1998)
CASE 3 - HARD TISSUE FORMATION WITH TEMPCANAL
The patient lost his maxillary left central incisor due to traumatic injury. There is external root resorption on the remaining central incisor.
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Complicated cases are routinely treated with Pulpdent calcium hydroxide pastes. To review case histories and techniques, refer to Save That Tooth by Dr. Harold Berk. Additional cases from the book appear in the education section of the Pulpdent website at www. pulpdent.com.
Radiograph shows external root resorption on the mesial aspect of the maxillary right central incisor. The root canal is filled with TempCanal to promote remineralization.
Radiograph taken three months later shows remineralization of the mesial aspect of the right central incisor.
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