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Summer 2002: Volume 26, Number 4
 
Pediatric Dentistry Case Reports

Apexification of primary teeth: a treatment option
Marta Lua Pimentel Winz Almeida / Licinia Maria Damasceno / Laura Guimaraes Primo /
Maristela Barbosa Portela

This article reports a case of apexification in a child aged 20 months, with early childhood caries, using calcium hydroxide paste in two primary upper central incisors. This method is a feasible option for treating immature deciduous teeth showing pulpal necrosis.
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