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Reattachment of coronal tooth fragment: regaining back to normal
B Vishwanath1, Umrana Faizudin, M Jayadev
1Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Panineeya Dental College, Hyderabad 60, India.
Case Reports in Dentistry
|May 28, 2013
Summary
Dental trauma requires immediate treatment for pain and function restoration. Fragment reattachment offers a conservative, esthetic solution for fractured teeth using the patient
Area of Science:
- Dentistry
- Dental Trauma Management
- Restorative Dentistry
Background:
- Dental trauma significantly impacts patients socially and psychologically, necessitating emergency treatment.
- Patients with dental trauma experience pain and apprehension due to impaired function, esthetics, and phonetics.
- Immediate management goals include pain control and restoration of function, esthetics, and phonetics.
Purpose of the Study:
- To discuss the fragment reattachment technique for managing dental trauma.
- To present a clinical case of complicated crown fracture treated with fragment reattachment.
- To highlight the benefits of adhesive dentistry in restoring fractured teeth.
Main Methods:
- Utilizing advances in adhesive dentistry for tooth restoration.
- Employing the patient's own tooth fragment for reattachment.
- Describing the fragment reattachment procedure for complicated crown fractures.
Main Results:
- Fragment reattachment provides an ultraconservative approach to restoring fractured teeth.
- The technique yields safe, fast, and esthetically pleasing results.
- Successful pain management and restoration of function, esthetics, and phonetics were achieved.
Conclusions:
- Fragment reattachment is a highly effective and conservative treatment for dental trauma.
- Adhesive dentistry enables the use of natural tooth fragments for esthetic restoration.
- This technique significantly improves patient outcomes in cases of complicated crown fractures.
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