Dentistry & Periodontology

Extracting the delicate roots of a fractured deciduous premolar is only made more difficult by the need to avoid damage to the underlying developing adult teeth. Discover the step-by-step path to deciduous extraction success in this procedural case.

Intrinsic staining often means a nonvital tooth, but how reliable of an indicator is it? A prospective study examined clinical, radiographic, and histopathologic characteristics of 102 teeth to determine how likely a stained tooth is a dead one.