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Spontaneously healed root fracture: report of a case
Author(s) -
Artvinli Leyla Berna,
Dural Sema
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
dental traumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.82
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1600-9657
pISSN - 1600-4469
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-9657.2003.00111.x
Subject(s) - reduction (mathematics) , fracture (geology) , medicine , dentistry , alveolar crest , surgery , orthodontics , dental alveolus , geology , mathematics , geotechnical engineering , geometry
– Blows to the facial region can cause root fractures especially in anterior teeth. Fractures below the alveolar crest have a very high potential for healing and treatment consists of reduction and rigid splinting immediately after trauma. The aim of the treatment is to obtain reunion of the fragments. Although the fracture can heal spontaneously, the prognosis will not be as good as the correctly treated ones. The purpose of this paper is to report a case of spontaneously healed root fracture.