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Repair of untreated root fracture: a case report
Author(s) -
Tziafas Dimitrios,
Margelos Ioannis
Publication year - 1993
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.1600-9657.1993.tb00459.x
Subject(s) - coronal plane , pulp (tooth) , dentistry , calcification , fracture (geology) , tooth fracture , medicine , orthodontics , anatomy , materials science , pathology , composite material
A case is presented in which an untreated root fracture in a maxillary central incisor of an adult male was found radiographically 10 years after injury. The tooth was removed and the area of the root corresponding to the fracture line was examined by SEM while the remaining tooth was processed for decalcified sections. Calcification of the coronal pulp associated with extensive tissue atrophy and normal pulp tissue apically was observed. Two barriers composed of dent in al and cemental hard tissue were present apically in the coronal fragment and in the fracture line.