Prosthetic rehabilitation of hemisected tooth using Pier Abutment: A beacon of hope for decaying tooth

Abstract

Newer concepts in dentistry as well as the patient’s preference to maintain their dentition, have lead to treatment of teeth that once would have been removed. Usually, because of dental caries and periodontal diseases mandibular first molars were the ones got extracted commonly, although they play a key role in maintaining the occlusion. To this previous concept of extracting the complete tooth even if only the mesial or distal part is affected, came the present concept of removal of only the diseased part of the tooth under specific conditions. Then the remaining sound tooth structure can be endodontically treated and prosthetically rehabilitated along with the adjacent tooth using fixed partial denture. Present case report enlightens a simple procedure of hemisection in mandibular molar and its subsequent restoration.