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Spontaneously healed root fractures: two case reports
Melahat Görduysus1, Nihal Avcu, Omer Görduysus
1Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Hacetteppe University, Ankara, Turkey. mgorduysus@yahoo.com
Summary
Undiagnosed horizontal root fractures in maxillary incisors can heal spontaneously. These dental trauma cases show spontaneous healing without symptoms, discovered years later via radiography.
Area of Science:
- Dentistry
- Oral Surgery
- Radiology
Background:
- Horizontal root fractures are often associated with dental trauma.
- Diagnosis can be challenging, especially for older, asymptomatic fractures.
Observation:
- Two cases of undiagnosed horizontal root fractures in maxillary right central incisors are presented.
- Fractures occurred years prior to diagnosis, discovered during routine full-mouth radiographic examination.
Findings:
- One fracture was in the middle-third, the other in the cervical-third of the root.
- Both teeth exhibited spontaneous healing without clinical signs or symptoms.
- Teeth remained vital to electric pulp testing.
Implications:
- Spontaneous healing of horizontal root fractures is possible.
- Radiographic examination is crucial for detecting subtle root fractures.
- Vitality and absence of symptoms do not rule out root fractures.
