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Luciano Silva1, Pâmella Álvares1, José Alcides Arruda1
1Luciano Silva, Pâmella Álvares, José Alcides Arruda, Leni Verônica Silva, Ana Paula Veras Sobral, Marcia Silveira, Universidade de Pernambuco, Santo Amaro, Recife, PE 50100-010, Brazil.
Abstract:
This case study reports the successful outcome of horizontal root fractures of two different patients, which took place in permanent incisors. Report 1 describes a case of a 29-year-old patient who suffered a mandibular trauma affecting mainly the lower central incisors, caused by a car accident. A panoramic radiograph was taken right after the accident and showed a horizontal root fracture in the middle third of tooth 42, which went untreated. Report 2 illustrates a case of a 17-year-old male patient who searched for orthodontic therapy and the periapical radiograph showed horizontal root fracture in tooth 11 caused by a previous trauma, which went untreated as well. There was healing through the reestablishment of pulp activity and dental coloration without professional intervention.
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