Annals and Essences of Dentistry
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 2

Reattachment of broken tooth fragment in primary teeth-a report of two cases

Department of Paediatric and Preventive dentistry, Subharti Dental college, Meerut-250002, India

*Corresponding Author: Dr. Himanshu Kapoor, Senior Lecturer, Department of paediatric and preventive Dentistry, Subharti Dental college, Meerut- 250002, India. Phone no: +919634909996, Email: drhimanshupedo@gmail.com

Online published on 16 February, 2015.

Abstract

Dental trauma is one of the common injuries encountered in young children. Management of such a trauma pose a big challenge to clinicians worldwide when one is dealing with the anterior teeth as apart from the function, esthetics too are to be taken into account. Consequently, proper diagnosis, treatment planning and follow-up are critical to assure a favorable outcome. Presented here is a report of 2 cases in which fractured segments were reattached using resin cement

Keywords

Reattachment, pure resin cement, primary teeth