Baba Farid University Dental Journal
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 1

Root Extrusion, A Practical Solution in Complicated Crown -Root Incisor Fracture -A Case Report

  • Author:
  • Sachin Ahuja, Kapil Bansal, Munish Singla, Neetu Mittal, Balvinder S Thakkar
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 114 to 117

Online published on 1 May, 2012.

Abstract

Treatment of crown fractures often requires a multidisciplinary approach orthodontic forced eruption may be a suitable approach without risking the esthetic appearance in tooth fracture below the gingival attachment or alveolar bone crest. Extrusion of such a teeth allows elevating the fracture line above the epithelial attachment so that the proper finishing margins can be prepared. This case describes a multidisciplinary approach using the orthodontic forced eruption facilitating the composite restoration of a fractured upperpermanent lateral incisor.