Fig.5: After mesiobuccal root amputation of the tooth #3, bone graft is placed in the defect (Fig.6 dashed line).  Discomfort apparently shifts to the distobuccal root 9 months postop, while the MB defect seems to heal (Fig.8 *).

Implant or Root Amputation

Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 02/21/2017, last revision 12/03/2017