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bone lucencies around the midroot of #25

The opinions within this web page are not ours. Authors have been credited for the individual posts where they are From: Larry Durand To: ROOTS Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 6:17 PM Subject: [roots] Unusual bone lucency, diagnosis unknown. This 69 year old white female was referred for evaluation of the bone lucencies around the midroot of #25. Her medical history includes allergies, but otherwise no problems. This area is asymptomatic and was found on routine x-ray. My examination revealed the periodontal cuff to be intact around these teeth. The pulps do not respond to ice but do respond nicely to low levels on my electric pulp tester. I don't think the lucent areas are of pulpal origin. But I am at a loss to say what they might be. They don't fit the normal appearance of nutrient canals or PA cemental dysplasia. Diagnosis and treatment plan, what say you? - Larry i will suspect of an orthodontic treatment - Miguel Which teeth respond to ice? Do you have the spray cold stuff called endofrost in the USA? Very good for thermal testing with a cotton pledget on each tooth. What about heat testing with GP? - Stephen Day STEVE ;TO CK VITALITY OR LACK OF IT USE PARKELL PULP VITALITY TESTER!!!!!! IT WORKS !!!!! - J ROSS DDS. Hello Steve. As is often the case in patients over age 60, none of the lower incisors respond to water ice. All of the lower incisors responed very nicely to low levels from my electric pulp tester. In addition the location and pattern of the lucency does not fit the usual seen with a pulpal etiology. My bet is that if the tooth was opened I would find a vital pulp - Larry Searching for MB2 Implants #18, #19 Nice retrofil Molars with lesions Tooth #4 Apex locators Large Apex Access pictures Lower incisor retreatment Horror case porcelain onlay Conservative access Peri radicular healing Beautiful cases Resilon cases Unusual Apex Noemi cases 2 upper molars 2 Anterior teeth Tooth #35 Anecrotic molar Direct capping Molar cracks Obstructed buccals File broken in tooth Separated instrument Delta Dental Products Dental videos 2 year trauma Squirt on mesials dens update Palatal root exits Color map 3 Middle mesial Continuous pain Anterior MTA Previous trauma Ideal case Dens Evaginitis