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Alternative management of a crown root fractured tooth in a child
1Department of Oral Health and Development, University of Manchester Dental School.
British Dental Journal
|July 25, 1992
Abstract:
A crown root fracture of a tooth in a young person may necessitate the removal of the root and the placement of a space-maintaining partial denture followed by provision of a bridge. A case is reported of an alternative approach to treatment, in which the root fragment is retained in situ until the end of the pubertal growth spurt, in order to preserve alveolar bone, following which it is removed and replaced by an implant.