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Year : 2006 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 197-200 |
A multi-disciplinary approach in the management of a traumatized tooth with complicated crown-root fracture: A case report
CB Heda1, AA Heda1, SS Kulkarni2
1 Department of Conservative Dentistry Endodontics, Rural Dental College, Loni, Maharashtra, India 2 Department of Pedodontics, Rural Dental College, Loni, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
C B Heda Department of Pedodontics, Rural Dental College, PIMS, Loni - 413 736, Maharashtra India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-4388.28077
A 13-year-old boy had fractured his maxillary right central incisor. The fracture line involved 2/3rd of the crown, compromising the pulp and extended subgingivally on the palatal aspect invading the biologic width. The procedure used to manage this case included endodontic treatment of residual tooth orthodontic extrusion to move the fracture line above the alveolar bone. Finally the tooth was restored prosthodontically.
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