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Inside Dentistry
November 2016
Volume 12, Issue 11
Peer-Reviewed
Factors to consider in treatment planning either saving a tooth requiring endodontics or extraction.

Figure 1

Extraction was eliminated as a treatment option due to BRONJ of a palatal torus. Clinical photograph showing lesion.

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Extraction was eliminated as a treatment option due to BRONJ of a palatal torus. Panorex was not diagnostic due to anatomical noise.

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Extraction was eliminated as a treatment option due to BRONJ of a palatal torus. CBCT images were necessary to make the diagnosis because of the patient’s inability to tolerate traditional radiographs.

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Extraction was eliminated as a treatment option due to BRONJ of a palatal torus. CBCT images were necessary to make the diagnosis because of the patient’s inability to tolerate traditional radiographs.

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16-year-old patient referred for evaluation of painful tooth No. 19. Treatment options included saving the tooth with root canal therapy, crown lengthening surgery, and restoring the crown. Extraction and implant replacement could not be considered an option until skeletal growth is complete

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Though tooth No. 21 is not restorable, replacement options are questionable.

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