Repair of a Large Furcation Perforation: A Four-Year Follow-Up

Prevalence and Associated Periodontal Status of Teeth with Root Perforation: A Retrospective Study of 2,002 Patients' Medical Records

“…de Chevigny et al (13) reported a favorable response to perforation repair with using mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) compared with perforation repair without using MTA (13). Other case reports suggest that MTA may be used to repair large furcation perforations that traditionally represented a tremendous clinical challenge (15,16,18). MTA is widely used to seal perforations because of its biocompatibility and sealing ability (15,18).…”

“…Modern endodontic practice enhances the clinician's ability to diagnose and successfully treat root perforations (2,(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19). Emerging data suggest that newly introduced materials for the treatment of root perforations (13,15,16,18), clinical implementation of electronic apical locators (14), and dental operation microscopes (17,19) are key elements in the management of root perforations.…”

“…Emerging data suggest that newly introduced materials for the treatment of root perforations (13,15,16,18), clinical implementation of electronic apical locators (14), and dental operation microscopes (17,19) are key elements in the management of root perforations. However, prevention is probably still the most effective clinical approach to root perforations (2).…”

Mineral Trioxide Aggregate: A Comprehensive Literature Review—Part III: Clinical Applications, Drawbacks, and Mechanism of Action

“…Several case reports have shown successful treatment of furcation perforations with MTA (125)(126)(127)(128). In a clinical and radiographic case series with MTA for the repair of various types of root perforations, Main et al (59) showed no pathologic changes after 12-45 months in all examined cases.…”

Mineral Trioxide Aggregate as Repair Material for Furcal Perforation: Case Series

“…A recent PUBMED search for MTA to repair root and pulp chamber perforation produced one long-term case series study (20) and numerous case reports showing the good healing results when MTA was used to seal root and pulp chamber perforations (21)(22)(23). There are no other results of human control studies or case series studies.…”