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Restoration of a vertical tooth fracture and a badly mutilated tooth using canal projection
N Velmurugan1, N Bhargavi, Neelima Lakshmi
1Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College, Maduravoyal, Chennai - 95, India. vel9911@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Management of vertically fractured tooth or a perforation frequently poses problem during endodontic management. Such teeth often need a pre-endodontic restoration prior to initiation of root canal therapy to aid in the placement of rubber dam clamp. This paper describes a simple method of placement of a pre-endodontic restoration using the canal projection technique using hollow metallic needles as sleeves.
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