Goon W W, Carpenter W M, Brace N M, Ahlfeld R J
Department of Endodontics, University of the Pacific, San Francisco.
J Endod. 1991 May;17(5):244-8. doi: 10.1016/S0099-2399(06)81931-X.
A case report of a developmental anomaly known as a radicular groove is presented. This case is unusual in that it is believed to be the first reported case of complex involvement of the entire facial aspect of a tooth root. An alveolar crest to apex facial root defect in a maxillary right lateral incisor of a 12-yr-old black female led to early pulpal necrosis and periapical rarefaction. Clinical and histologic findings as well as morphologic and treatment ramifications are discussed.
