PMC4012100_01
Pre-operative (a) 8-year-old male; tooth # 12; history of trauma (b) tooth # 12 on radiograph showing immature apex
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The pulp was exposed and there was extensive loss of tooth structure with only about 3 mm of crown remaining [Figure 1a]. The intraoral periapical radiograph revealed an immature root with blunderbuss apex [Figure 1b].
Laser used to create a hemostatic pulp cap wrt 12
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A sterile hemostatic pulp cap [Figure 2] was created using the diode laser, which was then covered by nano-ionomer cement (N-100, 3M) [Figure 3].
Post-operative-12 restored with glass ionomer cement
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A sterile hemostatic pulp cap [Figure 2] was created using the diode laser, which was then covered by nano-ionomer cement (N-100, 3M) [Figure 3].
(a) 1 month post-operative radiograph (b) 3 month post-operative radiograph (c) 6 month post-operative radiograph (d) 10 months post-operative radiograph
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Thereafter, the patient was recalled after 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 10 months and radiographs were taken at each follow-up visit [Figure 4].