Oral Surgery · single question
A tooth with hypercementosis (bulbous root enlargement) would have INCREASED procedural complications with all of the following EXCEPT:
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Correct answer: A. Scaling and root planing
Hypercementosis's irregular, bulbous root shape can make orthodontic tooth movement less predictable, extraction more technically difficult (increased risk of root fracture given the altered, sometimes locked-in root anatomy), and root canal therapy more complex (a wider, irregular root form). Scaling and root planing, a non-surgical periodontal procedure focused on the tooth's exposed surface/pocket area rather than root manipulation or removal, is not directly complicated by hypercementosis in the same way.