Bionomics through endodontics by Hemisection - case reports and review

Advances in dentistry, as well as the increased desire of patients to maintain their dentition, have lead to treatment of teeth that once would have been removed. Periodontally diseased teeth with severe bone loss may well be retained by removal of one or more of their roots. This article describes a simple procedure for cases of hemisection, in badly mutilated molars and its subsequent restoration.