Periodontal Manifestations in Vertical Root Fractured Teeth

Abstract Vertical root fractures are more commonly encountered following endodontic treatment and in teeth without treatment, with habits like bruxism eating coarse, hard food. The most predisposed to fracture the premolars of maxilla mandible, mesial roots mesiobuccal mandibular molars, maxillary molars incisors. Timely identification cracked is key since it permits a conservative preventive approach. Delay diagnosis will result involvement underlying periodontium, causing periodontal pockets, abscess formation, bone loss, thereby further complicating outcome. Appropriate diagnosis, education, counseling patient by dentist coronal restoration canal mandatory prevent loss patients. prognosis multirooted favorable. Affected single-rooted may, however, require immediate extraction. MEDLINE database Scopus search (www.scopus.com) were performed using words “vertical fracture” or “longitudinal fracture.” Text book chapters manually checked.