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CASE REPORT
Year : 2023  |  Volume : 26  |  Issue : 3  |  Page : 355-358

Hemisection: Partial preservation of compromised tooth


1 Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Affiliated to Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India
2 Kennedy Dental and Orthodontics, Brampton, Canada

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Dr. Sreelakshmi Pradeep
Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Affiliated to Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Light House Hill Road, Mangalore - 575 001, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jcd.jcd_31_23

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One of dentistry's primary objectives is the long-term maintenance of teeth. Hemisection may be the best line of action when only one root is decayed and the other one is intact. This case report outlines and depicts a situation in which the deteriorated terminal abutment was part of a cantilevered fixed prosthesis. Hemisection and prosthesis rehabilitation had successful outcomes.


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