1. Clinical management and subsequent healing of teeth with horizontal root fractures
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Marco Aurélio Versiani, Antônio Miranda Cruz-Filho, Danyel Elias da Cruz Perez, Manoel Damião Sousa-Neto, and Cássio José Alves de Sousa
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Adult ,Male ,Time Factors ,Radiography ,Root canal ,Permanent dentition ,Dentistry ,Composite Resins ,Tooth Cervix ,Tooth Fractures ,Apical surgery ,Dental Pulp Necrosis ,Maxilla ,Orthodontic Wires ,Humans ,Medicine ,Tooth Root ,Dental Pulp ,Fracture Healing ,Orthodontics ,business.industry ,Pulpitis ,Root Canal Therapy ,Incisor ,Splints ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Pulp (tooth) ,Female ,Oral Surgery ,Pulpal necrosis ,business ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
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.
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- 2008
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