Dowel-inlay a new treatment approach to traumatic root fracture

Tooth trauma has been and continues to be a common occurrence that every dental professional must be prepared to assess and treat when necessary.Tooth trauma and its management loom as 141 a major challenge to the dental practitioner.Transverse root fractures occur most commonly in the maxillary teeth.This case report describes a new technique for the management of transverse root fractures in zone 2 with dowel inlay.This enables the utilization of the fractured fragment crown Beans for stabilizing a transverse root fracture in zone 2, in a simple, economical, and minimally invasive manner.

It can save considerable time over other alternative treatment options available for the treatment of trauma zone 2 fractures.Both clinical and radiographic follow-up have shown a stable condition, without any probing defects, ongoing root resorption or periapical pathosis.

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