Prashant Babaji¹, Tarun Sihag², Vishwajit Rampratap Chaurasia³, Sivaramalingam Senthilnathan^4
1Department of Pedodontics, Sharavathi Dental College, Shimoga, Karnataka, India.
²Department of Pedodontics, Vyas Dental College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
³Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, KLE Dental College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.
⁴Department of Periodontology, Rajas Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.149212

ABSTRACT

Hemisection is sectioning of multi-rooted teeth with its crown portion, with the loss of periodontal attachment and is performed to retain the original tooth structure and attain the fixed prosthodontic prosthesis. We describe hemisection of a mandibular molar tooth followed by adequate restoration in a young patient.

Keywords: Endodontic, hemisection, mandibular molar, prosthodontic periodontal, root resection.