<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> A 9.5 year-old patient, following an accident, suffered a comminuted lateral fracture of the root of tooth 21 at the neck level. The treatment consisted of immobilizing and maintaining tooth vitality. The presented case provides a basis for the conclusion that premature radical, surgical and endodontic actions should not always be performed.</p></abstract>

A 9.5 year-old patient, following an accident, suffered a comminuted lateral fracture of the root of tooth 21 at the neck level. The treatment consisted of immobilizing and maintaining tooth vitality. The presented case provides a basis for the conclusion that premature radical, surgical and endodontic actions should not always be performed.

Therapeutic management of an injury of the upper incisor within complete root formation

Chair and Department of Paedodontics Medical University of Lublin, ul. Karmelicka 7 (SCK), 20-081 Lublin, Poland

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A 9.5 year-old patient, following an accident, suffered a comminuted lateral fracture of the root of tooth 21 at the neck level. The treatment consisted of...

Therapeutic management of an injury of the upper incisor within complete root formation

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 283 - 284

Received: Nov 14, 2015

Accepted: Nov 27, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cipms-2015-0090

Keywords
injuries of teeth, root fractures, dental injury epidemiology, complications of dental injury

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Therapeutic management of an injury of the upper incisor within complete root formation

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 283 - 284

Received: Nov 14, 2015

Accepted: Nov 27, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cipms-2015-0090

Keywordsinjuries of teeth, root fractures, dental injury epidemiology, complications of dental injury

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
injuries of teeth, root fractures, dental injury epidemiology, complications of dental injury