Hemisection: an option to treat apically fractured and dislodged part of a mesial root of a molar

This is a case report of a lady who was worried about the presence of a small tooth like structure in the area adjacent to root treated left mandibular first molar. Intra-oral X-ray showed that it was an apically fractured part of the mesial root of the molar lodged in the buccal sulcus. The tooth was hemisected and mesial root was removed along with the dislodged part. A three unit bridge combining the hemisected root and adjacent second premolar was inserted which is successfully in service for more than a year