Claudio Huentequeo-Molina; Eduardo Borie & Sergio Olate
Summary
Idiopathic external root resorption (IERR) is an infrequent pathology with few accounts in the literature. Treatment has been discussed by various authors but with no consensus. The aim of this article is to describe a new and severe case of IERR in an indigenous 21-year-old woman who came to the Dental Clinic at the Universidad de La Frontera presenting differing degrees of mobility in several teeth, which was increasing progressively with no signs or symptoms of periodontal disease and with no history of former dental treatment, dental trauma or other dentoalveolar pathology; she also did not relate any history of syndromes or systemic diseases. The panoramic x-ray showed varying degrees of external root resorption. To the best of our knowledge, only 3 cases of IERR have ever reported in the literature indicating different treatments; for this patient the treatment indicated was osseointegrated implants in the upper anterior region. Unknown etiology and treatments without consensus make research associated with genetics and molecular biology necessary.
KEY WORDS: root resorption, tooth mobility, permanent dentition.
How to cite this article
HUENTEQUEO-MOLINA, C.; BORIE, E. & OLATE, S. Total idiopathic root resorption of permanent dentition. Int. J. Odontostomat., 7(3):385-388, 2013.