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The objective of the current publication is to describe a minimally invasive, flapless decoronation procedure aimed to minimize and simplify the surgical procedure of decoronation, and ease its clinical acceptance, particularly in young children. The technique is described in a detailed protocol and demonstrated in two cases. Under local anesthesia, the dental crown is removed, and the root is reduced by 1.5\u20132.0 mm apically to the marginal bone crest. The root canal content is then removed, allowing it to fill with blood. The socket is coronally sealed with a porcine-derived collagen matrix (PDCM) sutured using the \u201cparachute\u201d technique over the resected root, allowing close adaptation to the surrounding soft tissue. In conclusion, the presented technique of flapless decoronation is a modification of the classic decoronation procedure, which can be used as a minimally invasive technique to simplify the surgical procedure and the post-operative process.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph20010603","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,30]],"date-time":"2022-12-30T03:26:11Z","timestamp":1672370771000},"page":"603","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Flapless Decoronation: A Minimally Invasive Approach"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Boaz","family":"Shay","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9112102, Israel"},{"name":"Department of Endodontics, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem 9112102, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1661-7529","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eitan","family":"Mijiritsky","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Head and Neck and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6139001, Israel"},{"name":"The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6139001, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Meital","family":"Bronstein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9112102, Israel"},{"name":"Department of Endodontics, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem 9112102, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mor","family":"Govani-Levi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9112102, Israel"},{"name":"Department of Endodontics, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem 9112102, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tal","family":"Ben Simhon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9112102, Israel"},{"name":"Department of Endodontics, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem 9112102, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7617-9284","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tali","family":"Chackartchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9112102, Israel"},{"name":"Department of Periodontology, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem 9112102, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"235","DOI":"10.1016\/S0300-9785(72)80042-5","article-title":"Epidemiology of traumatic dental injuries to primary and permanent teeth in a Danish population sample","volume":"1","author":"Andreasen","year":"1972","journal-title":"Int. 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