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AIM The purpose of this case report is to describe the re-attachment of an anterior tooth fragment using a self-etching adhesive. BACKGROUND Fracture of anterior teeth by trauma is a common problem in children and teenagers due to their active lifestyle. Restoration of these teeth often presents a challenge because of the large pulp in young teeth and open apical foramen depending on the age ...

Fracture of the mandible during exodontia is fortunately rare, but is under-reported. A review identified 189 documented cases of iatrogenic fractures of the mandible (IFM) associated with the removal of teeth. The reasons for its occurrence are thought to be multifactorial and include age, sex, degree of tooth impaction, relative volume of the tooth in the jaw, pre-existing infection or bony l...

Horizontal root fractures of the posterior teeth are rare and occur due to severe trauma. We report herein a case of horizontal root fracture in the middle third of a two-rooted maxillary left first premolar. Since the coronal part of tooth was non-vital, calcium hydroxide was used as an intracanal medication for 10 days. Later, root canal therapy was successfully performed with mineral trioxid...

The functional and aesthetic restoration of crown-root fractured anterior teeth with biological width involvement represents a challenge to the clinician, because it requires a multidisciplinary approach. The trans-operative fragment reattachment technique is a feasible and advantageous alternative since it makes it possible to reestablish the original aesthetics and function of the fractured t...

The “biological restoration” is an excellent technique for reconstruction in young traumatized teeth, which is used as intra-root reinforcement an extracted natural tooth. This article reports a case where an 11-year-old patient had his upper incisors affected by fractures from trauma. Due to the young age of the patient, the absence of the natural tooth fragment, the major structural loss and ...

Sleep bruxism (SB) with concomitant tooth grinding was recently reclassified as a sleeprelated oromotor movement disorder falling within sleep medicine. Over several decades, however, the clinical relevance and pathophysiology of SB has been discussed by dental professionals rather than by sleep physicians, because SB has been associated with orodental consequences such as tooth wear, masticato...

thick surrounding adipose tissue, and stabilization of the mandible and maxilla by the unerupted teeth.2 Pediatric mandible fractures are uncommon and have been treated by a wide variety of fixation methods. Incomplete or nondisplaced fractures as well as fractures of the subcondylar region are treated by traditional methods of a soft diet or closed reduction. Displaced fractures are better ser...

This following case report describes the open reduction, internal fixation and the reconstruction of an extensive comminuted mandibular fracture with bilateral condylar fractures in a 19-year-old male patient with an intellectual disability and autistic disorder. He suffered fall trauma, resulting in shattered bony fragments of the alveolus and mandibular body between both mandibular rami, the ...