Contemporary Clinical Dentistry (Jan 2019)

Management of complicated crown-root fracture by extra-oral fragment reattachment and intentional reimplantation with 2 years review

  • R Vignesh,
  • Ditto Sharmin,
  • C Vishnu Rekha,
  • Sankar Annamalai,
  • Parisa Norouzi Baghkomeh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/ccd.ccd_671_18
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 2
pp. 397 – 401

Abstract

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Trauma with an accompanying fracture to the anterior teeth gives an agonizing experience for a young individual due to the physical disfigurement and the psychological impact that is imposed on them. This paper reports a case of complicated crown-root fracture in a young child that was treated by extra-oral fragment reattachment followed by the intentional reimplantation. The tooth was endodontically-treated followed by the placement of fiber-reinforced composite post. The fragments were reattached extra orally following an atraumatic extraction. The tooth was then reimplanted back into the socket followed by splinting. Clinical results were successful after 2 years. This case report demonstrates the importance of modifying a treatment protocol to maintain esthetics up to the completion of the developmental period.

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