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Establishing Organoids from Human Tooth as a Powerful Tool Toward Mechanistic Research and Regenerative Therapy
Published on: April 13, 2022
['Door de beugel': resorption at dental elements 2]
Abstract:
A twenty-one-year-old man was referred to an orthodontist for orthodontic re-treatment of dental element 32 by his dentist and a periodontist. At the dental element a significant gingival resorption had occurred and the root of the element was located outside of the processus alveolaris buccally. This case was presented at the thematic tour 'Door de beugel: team up' on 27 October 2015, which was organised by the Nederlandse Vereniging van Tandartsen (Dutch Dentists' Society) and held at 4 different locations in the Netherlands. In this second part of the case the actual treatment of choice is described, considered and discussed.
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