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Root fracture: an unexpected encounter

From Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2010 | Pages 20-25

Authors

Lindsy Holm

BDS(Bristol), MFDS RCS(Eng)

Dental Officer, Kempston Clinic, Halsey Road, Kempston, Bedfordshire, MK42 8AU

Articles by Lindsy Holm

Sunil Hirani

BDS, BSc, FDS RCS(Eng), MSc, MOrth, FDS(Orth), BSc (Hons), BDS, MSc, FDSRCS(Eng), MOrthRCS(Eng), GCAP(KCL)

Consultant Orthodontist, Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Bedfordshire

Articles by Sunil Hirani

Abstract

This report describes a case where a root fracture in a traumatized upper central incisor was not discovered until after orthodontic treatment had commenced, despite rigorous clinical and radiographic assessment.

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