Management of cervical root perforation: report of a case

The case reported here demonstrates, in the planning and treatment of this patient, a good example of teamwork among different dental specialities. The clinical examination of a healthy, sixteen-year- old Swedish boy produced the diagnoses of osteitis periapicalis resorptiva chronica and root perforation, after unsuccessful treatment by the school dentist who had referred the patient. Orthodontic extrusion was preferred to a surgical approach. The prosthetic treatment was completed immediately after finishing the endodontic procedures.