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Surgical extrusion of root‐fractured teeth – a follow‐up study of two surgical methods
Author(s) -
Kahnberg KarlErik
Publication year - 1988
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.1600-9657.1988.tb00301.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , interdental consonant , root resorption , surgery , resorption , pathology
Surgical extrusion of teeth with cervical root fractures was carried out in 58 single roots in 53 patients. Two different approaches were used. In Group I a flap operation with apical exposure and bone transplant above the extruded root was performed. In Group II the roots were extruded by careful marginal luxation, and interdental sutures and surgical dressing were used as retention. The mean observation time was 5.5 years in Group I and 2.4 years in Group II. Apical root shortening‐was seen in 17 roots, although in no case was it progressive in nature. Proportionally, apical resorption was seen more frequently in Group I than in Group II. The results encouraged further use of the method, especially with the simplified surgical approach used in Group II.