internal resorption

Types include external resorption and internal resorption.

In internal resorption.

Clinical and radiographic evaluation should show no complications such as, pain, swelling, internal resorption or abnormal canal calcification.

Internal resorption is an unusual condition of a tooth when the dentin and pulpal walls begin to resorb centrally within the root canal.

When tooth destruction occurs at the roots of teeth, the process is referred to as internal resorption, when caused by cells within the pulp, or external resorption, when caused by cells in the periodontal ligament.