TY - JOUR
T1 - Usefulness of cone-beam CT in the evaluation of a spontaneously healed root fracture case
AU - Oenning, Anne Caroline Costa
AU - de Azevedo Vaz, Sergio Lins
AU - Melo, Saulo Leonardo Sousa
AU - Haiter-Neto, Francisco
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - Horizontal root fractures (HRF) usually affect anterior teeth of male patients as a result of trauma. The consequences can be complex because of combined damage to different tissues, but it has been reported that root fractures undergo healing in majority cases. Diagnosis of HRF must be based on clinical findings, sensibility tests, and radiographic examination. The cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) has already been proven to be superior among other radiographic modalities for diagnostic imaging of root fractures. However, CBCT in these cases needs to be used in a careful manner, and only when the radiation exposure should be justified by the potential diagnostic benefits and improvement of the treatment results. This case report describes a case of spontaneously healed horizontal root fracture with displacement of the fragments and discusses the usefulness of CBCT in the follow-up of root fractures cases.
AB - Horizontal root fractures (HRF) usually affect anterior teeth of male patients as a result of trauma. The consequences can be complex because of combined damage to different tissues, but it has been reported that root fractures undergo healing in majority cases. Diagnosis of HRF must be based on clinical findings, sensibility tests, and radiographic examination. The cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) has already been proven to be superior among other radiographic modalities for diagnostic imaging of root fractures. However, CBCT in these cases needs to be used in a careful manner, and only when the radiation exposure should be justified by the potential diagnostic benefits and improvement of the treatment results. This case report describes a case of spontaneously healed horizontal root fracture with displacement of the fragments and discusses the usefulness of CBCT in the follow-up of root fractures cases.
KW - Cone-beam computed tomography
KW - Root fracture
KW - Root resorption
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2012.01166.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2012.01166.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 22804823
AN - SCOPUS:84887353017
SN - 1600-4469
VL - 29
SP - 489
EP - 493
JO - Dental Traumatology
JF - Dental Traumatology
IS - 6
ER -