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Complex facial radicular groove in a maxillary lateral incisor
W W Goon1, W M Carpenter, N M Brace
1Department of Endodontics, University of the Pacific, San Francisco.
Journal of Endodontics
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
A case report of a developmental anomaly known as a radicular groove is presented. This case is unusual in that it is believed to be the first reported case of complex involvement of the entire facial aspect of a tooth root. An alveolar crest to apex facial root defect in a maxillary right lateral incisor of a 12-yr-old black female led to early pulpal necrosis and periapical rarefaction. Clinical and histologic findings as well as morphologic and treatment ramifications are discussed.