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Successful self‐replantation of avulsed tooth with 42‐year follow‐up
Author(s) -
Fuss Zvi
Publication year - 1985
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.1600-9657.1985.tb00574.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , maxillary central incisor , tooth avulsion , replantation , root canal , maxillary incisor , radiodensity , tooth replantation , incisor , root resorption , orthodontics , resorption , radiography , surgery , pathology
This report presents a case of a 55‐year‐old woman who was hit in the mouth 42 years ago. The maxillary right central incisor was avulsed. The patient's mother replanted the tooth within 10–20 minutes and “splinted” it with aluminium foil from a cigarette package and a piece of cardboard. Clinical and radiographic examination after 42 years revealed a slightly discolored asymptomatic right central incisor. The root canal space was obliterated and no signs of root resorption or periapical radiolucency were observed.