Hemisection of a Mandibular Molar

Abstract

Teeth once designated obsolete for rehabilitation and deemed for extraction should be re-evaluated for salvaging two thirds or even one third component of the individual teeth. Advances in dentistry, as well as the increased desire of patients to maintain their dentition, have lead to treatment of teeth that once would have been removed. In order to carry out this present day mandate, periodontally diseased teeth with severe bone loss and/or mandibular molar teeth exhibiting furcation invasions may well be retained by removal of one or more of their roots. This article describes a simple procedure for root amputation in mandibular molar and its subsequent restorations.

Hemisection as an Alternative Management for Mandibular First Molar With Bifurcation Lesion and Root Fracture: A Case Report

“…Hemisection needs a proper restoration to cover and stabilize the remaining portion of the tooth to adjacent teeth. Lateral forces can lead to augmented stresses if the inclined planes of the cusps are not reduced in the final restoration and thus preventing the mobility of the retained segment [7]. A crown maybe indicated to the final restoration that can restore masticatory function.…”