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Surgical removal and immediate reattachment of coronal fragment embedded in lip
Author(s) -
Pasini S.,
Bardellini E.,
Keller E.,
Conti G.,
Flocchini P.,
Majorana A.
Publication year - 2006
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.1600-9657.2006.00345.x
Subject(s) - coronal plane , fragment (logic) , medicine , surgery , orthodontics , anatomy , computer science , programming language
– This case describes a patient with a traumatic crown fracture of an upper incisor, associated with a laceration wound in the lower lip, showing local oedema. While palpating the tissues of the lower lip we felt the presence of a foreign body. This was confirmed by a radiograph of the lip that showed a radiopaque material, being similar to the coronal fragment of the fractured incisor. It was successfully surgically removed and immediately reattached using a composite adhesive technique. At the follow‐up of 1 year later the vitality test on the teeth was positive and neither one of the two traumatized teeth showed any sign of discoloration.