resorption

2TheApex: "The cells that usually remove bone so it can be replaced started to eat away at your tooth.  This can be due to the anatomy of the tooth, a history of trauma, or other unknown reasons. We usually call it idiopathic tooth resorption because idiopathic means "We don't know why.""I find that if you explain to patients that it's not from lack of brushing or flossing they find some solace that it's not their fault if the tooth has to be removed.Another way to explain it might be:"The cells in your body that naturally turn bone over begin to take away tooth structure. We aren't really sure why this happens, but it can be associated with a defect in the tooth structure, trauma, as well as a few other things. Resorptive defects can be very small and stop spontaneously or they can be extremely aggressive and completely destroy the tooth. There is really no way of knowing which is going to happen.""It can happen from inside - out, or from the outside - in, and this dictates what treatment is necessary"How do you explain resorption??Thank you!