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Treatment of multiple traumatized anterior teeth associated with an alveolar bone fracture in a 15‐year‐old schoolboy: a 2.5‐year follow up
Author(s) -
Berrezouga L.,
Kammoun D.,
Bhouri L.,
Ben Alaya T.,
Belkhir M.S.
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.1600-9657.2010.00967.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , crown (dentistry) , dental alveolus , avulsion , tooth avulsion , tooth fracture , anterior teeth , orthodontics , avulsion fracture , permanent teeth , incisor , surgery
– We report a case of multiple dental traumas in a 15‐year‐old schoolboy who was hit by a stone. Clinical examinations revealed the avulsion of teeth 21, 22, and 23, an uncomplicated crown fracture of tooth 41, and a complicated crown fracture (CCF) of teeth 11, 31, and 33. An alveolar bone fracture and a root fracture in the apical third of tooth 23 were as well noted on radiographs. The avulsed teeth were replanted and rigidly splinted after an extraoral dry time of 90 min. Endodontic treatments were performed on teeth with CCFs. The dental morphology was restored using polyethylene fiber‐reinforced composite resin. Endodontic obturations were performed on replanted teeth after the arrest of external root resorptions by a long‐term calcium hydroxide dressing. Esthetics and function were recovered with a 2.5‐year follow‐up period.