MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO TRAUMATIZED TEETH

INTRODUCTION : The increased incidence of traumatic injuries to anterior teeth is a consequence of leisure activities, where the most common injuries are crown fractures. Facial injuries occur more frequently in children than adults and usually as a result of sports activities, falls, car accidents, fights and 1 intentional assaults. Blows to the face often affect the teeth and especially the maxillary incisors because of their normal labial projection in relation to the mandibular incisors, most of the time 2 leading to damage to the crowns. The treatment strategy of a crown fracture is complex and the esthetics is an important requirement. The literature reports several different treatments for this kind of problem, ranging from the maintenance and use of the tooth fragment either as a 2,3

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