A judicious restorative approach for management of fractured anterior tooth: Report of three cases

Abstract

Anterior crown fractures are common form of traumatic dental injuries that mainly affect the maxillary central incisors, in children and teenagers. During their first dental visit, these patients with trauma are quite apprehensive because of impaired functions, esthetics and phonetics. The advances in adhesive dentistry have allowed dentists to use the patient's own fragment to restore the fractured tooth if the fragment is available. Reattachment is such an ultraconservative technique which provides safe, fast, and esthetically pleasing results with immediate restoration of function and phonetics. This paper discusses three cases in which fragment reattachment was done using a different combination of techniques viz. simple reattachment, circumferential bevel and internal dentinal groove.