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Usefulness of cone‐beam CT in the evaluation of a spontaneously healed root fracture case
Author(s) -
Oenning Anne Caroline Costa,
Azevedo Vaz Sergio Lins,
Melo Saulo Leonardo Sousa,
HaiterNeto Francisco
Publication year - 2013
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.1600-9657.2012.01166.x
Subject(s) - medicine , radiography , cone beam computed tomography , displacement (psychology) , cone beam ct , dentistry , fracture (geology) , dental trauma , radiology , orthodontics , computed tomography , psychology , geotechnical engineering , engineering , psychotherapist
Horizontal root fractures ( HRF ) usually affect anterior teeth of male patients as a result of trauma. The consequences can be complex because of combined damage to different tissues, but it has been reported that root fractures undergo healing in majority cases. Diagnosis of HRF must be based on clinical findings, sensibility tests, and radiographic examination. The cone‐beam computed tomography ( CBCT ) has already been proven to be superior among other radiographic modalities for diagnostic imaging of root fractures. However, CBCT in these cases needs to be used in a careful manner, and only when the radiation exposure should be justified by the potential diagnostic benefits and improvement of the treatment results. This case report describes a case of spontaneously healed horizontal root fracture with displacement of the fragments and discusses the usefulness of CBCT in the follow‐up of root fractures cases.