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Avulsion cases reported in low percentage of dental accidents. When avulsion occurs, the permanence of the tooth in the socket, is forecasted for about10 years after being replanted. This forecast depends on the circumstances under which the reimplantation was performed and the duration of the tooth outside the alveolus. In the case presented, the left central incisor avulsed because of a karate chop to a 14 year old and the tooth lasted about 60 minutes out of the mouth, the patient kept the avulsed tooth under the tongue for the journey from the school to the dental office, where here he received canal treatment, and it was replanted and splinted for 15 days. It has been followed for 23 years, after which, external resorption observed radiographically in the following broad, clinically the tooth has no mobility and there is slight color change in the crown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]