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Management of crown root fracture in primary ‘double tooth’: a case report
Author(s) -
Tewari Nitesh,
Pandey Ramesh Kumar,
Jindal Garima
Publication year - 2011
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.1600-9657.2010.00948.x
Subject(s) - crown (dentistry) , tooth fracture , dentistry , fracture (geology) , orthodontics , primary tooth , medicine , forensic engineering , engineering , geotechnical engineering
– The term ‘double tooth’ is used to describe two developmental dental anomalies of shape: gemination and fusion. Traumatic episodes involving a fused or geminated primary tooth are rare. This report describes an unusual case of crown root fracture in a primary double tooth.