TOOTH HEMISECTION RATHER THAN EXTRACTION OF A MUTILATED MOLAR-A 2 YEAR FOLLOW UP CASE REPORT

Modern breakthroughs in dentistry have created the opportunity for people to maintain a functional dentition for lifetime. Hemisection is a conservative approach of maintaining tooth. This is an endodontic treatment that involves removing one or more roots as well as the current crown structure in order to promote tooth retention and address nonfunctional dental roots that cannot be maintained. As they are prone to fracture it is critical to replace them using an extracoronal restoration. A 35-year-old male patient complaint of mild intermittent pain in relation to the lower left back tooth region since 15 days. The teeth were tender to percussion. A diagnosis of symptomatic irreversible pulpitis with symptomatic apical abscess with a treatment plan of hemisection in relation to #36 was made. 18 months clinical and radiographic follow-up depicts adequate radiographic healing, high lighting in achieving retention of mesial half of tooth structure and its supporting periodontium.