Author(s)

Diana Araujo Espino¹, Vicente Esparza², Cesar Gaitan Fonseca¹

¹Area de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico.
²Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

The coronal-radicular amputation or radicular hemisection is defined as the sectioning fragments coronal-radicular of the lower molar with clinical damage followed endodontic treatment and pros-thetics rehabilitation. This clinical treatment is viable in presence of the radicular decay or furca damage. This is a report case of radicular hemisection of lower molar with decay and bone loss that compromise distal root. The objective was elimination of distal root and conserved mesial root with endodontic and prosthetics treatment.

Radicular Hemisection, Lower Molar Inferior, Distal Root

Espino, D. , Esparza, V. and Fonseca, C. (2016) Coronal-Radicular Amputation or Hemisection? A Report Case in Lower Molar. Open Journal of Stomatology, 6, 140-143. doi: 10.4236/ojst.2016.65018.