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Clinical management and subsequent healing of teeth with horizontal root fractures
Author(s) -
Versiani Marco Aurélio,
Sousa Cássio José Alves de,
CruzFilho Antônio Miranda,
Perez Danyel Elias da Cruz,
SousaNeto Manoel Damião
Publication year - 2008
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.1600-9657.2006.00507.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pulp necrosis , root canal , dentistry , dental trauma , pulp (tooth) , radiography , permanent dentition , bone healing , dentition , orthodontics , surgery
– Horizontal root fractures are uncommon, mainly occurring on the cervical and middle third of the root of permanent upper incisors. The diagnosis is essentially radiographic and requires different healing patterns, depending on some pre‐ and postinjury factors. The aim of this article was to report the clinical management and different healing types in three cases of horizontal root fractures on permanent dentition. In case 1, the pulp tissue was vital and no treatment was necessary. In case 2, a root canal treatment of the cervical fragment was necessary and in case 3, pulpal necrosis was verified and an apical surgery was performed.