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1Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine, PO Box 1172, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel.
Abstract:
Apexification is the accepted procedure to form an apical stop in nonvital teeth with incomplete root formation. A case is presented in which apexification with calcium hydroxide was performed on two permanent central incisors with immature roots and wide-open apices; treatment concluded with gutta-percha root canal restoration. Spontaneous apical seal had probably been initiated before the calcium hydroxide was inserted, but it was weak and nonhomogenous.
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