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Tooth replantation after traumatic avulsion: a 27‐year follow up
Author(s) -
Martins Wilson Denis,
Westphalen Vania Portela Ditzel,
Westphalen Fernando Henrique
Publication year - 2004
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 - 10.1111/j.1600-4469.2004.00224.x
Subject(s) - tooth avulsion , replantation , avulsion , tooth replantation , dentistry , splint (medicine) , medicine , maxillary central incisor , resorption , dental trauma , incisor , orthodontics , root resorption , surgery , pathology
– This report presents a case of replantation of a traumatically avulsed central incisor in a 32‐year‐old woman. The tooth was replanted after a 30‐min extra‐alveolar period. Emergency unconventional immobilization was performed, using 2–0 chromic gut, and a restorative composite made Gunning‐type splint. The tooth is still in place 27 years after replantation (1976 to date) without marked resorption.