MANAGEMENT OF CERVICAL ROOT FRACTURE OF ANTERIOR TEETH WITH OPEN APEX AND CLOSED APEX BY FRAGMENT REATTACHMENT - A REPORT OF TWO CASES

Abstract

Background: Dental trauma is one of the main causes of loss of teeth in children. Dental trauma is a situation in which the patient is not only affected physically, but socially or psychologically also. Treatment of fractured teeth, particularly in young patients, is further complicated by the often difcult but essential procedure. Advances in adhesive dentistry have enabled dentists to use the patient's own fragment to restore the fractured tooth. Reattachment is such an ultraconservative technique that it provides safe, quick, and aesthetically please results. In Method: the rst case, the cervical root fracture in 11 with open apex was treated by root canal treatment followed by bio-dentine apical plug and then with the help of bre post, the tooth fractured fragment were reattached. In the second case, a cervical root fracture in 11 with closed apex was treated by root canal treatment followed by reattachment of the fragment by bre post. Results: The patient was reevaluated in the subsequent follow-up, the patient was asymptomatic with favourable soft tissue healing and good aesthetics. This case report includes proper history taking, diagnosi Conclusion: s, and treatment of cervical root fracture by fragment reattachment to educate the population that reattachment is an inexpensive treatment option for the patient with a positive emotional and psychosocial response.