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| Year : 2013 | Volume
: 31
| Issue : 3 | Page : 201-204 |
Delayed replantation of an avulsed maxillary premolar with open apex: A 24 months follow-up case report
KS Ravi1, C Pinky2, Shikhar Kumar3, Amit Vanka4
1 Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, Division of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Farooqia Dental College & Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India
3 Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, University College of Medical Science, New Delhi, India
4 Division of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Ibn Sina National College of Medical Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
C Pinky
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Farooqia Dental College & Hospital, Tilak Nagar, Mysore - 570 021, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-4388.117971
Avulsion of permanent teeth is most serious of all dental injuries and accounts for 1-16% of all traumatic injuries, of which maxillary incisors are most commonly involved. However, in this report a rare case of isolated avulsed immature premolar has been described. The patient had reported more than 3 hours after the trauma with a tooth stored in dry condition and soil contamination. The prognosis depends on measures taken at the place of accident or the time immediately after avulsion. Replantation is the treatment of choice, but cannot always be performed immediately. An appropriate emergency management and treatment plan is important for good prognosis. In this report stepwise management of an avulsed immature maxillary premolar with extended period of dry storage has been described followed up for a period of 2 yrs.
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