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JOURNAL OF PERIODONTOLOGY
Volume 73, Issue 3, Pages 334-339Publisher
AMER ACAD PERIODONTOLOGY
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2002.73.3.334
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tooth resorption/etiology; tooth root; grafts, connective tissue/complications; follow-up studies
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We report an unusual case of external root resorption (ERR) that developed in a 37-year-old black mate approximately 1 year following routine partial thickness connective tissue graft surgery. The lesion was accessed via flap surgery, thoroughly root planed, and the mucoperiosteal flap replaced. The site healed uneventfully and the patient has been closely observed for over 1 year without symptoms or recurrence of the resorptive lesion and the affected tooth remained vital. Clinicians performing partial-thickness connective tissue grafts should be alert to the possible occurrence of root resorption over extended periods of time. The authors speculate that retention of the donor periosteum with placement on the recipient dentin and root biomodification may limit the resorptive response following connective tissue graft procedures to treat tooth root recesssion.
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