This case describes a patient with a traumatic crown fracture of an upper incisor, associated with a laceration wound in the lower lip, showing local oedema. While palpating the tissues of the lower lip we felt the presence of a foreign body. This was confirmed by a radiograph of the lip that showed a radiopaque material, being similar to the coronal fragment of the fractured incisor. It was successfully surgically removed and immediately reattached using a composite adhesive technique. At the follow-up of 1 year later the vitality test on the teeth was positive and neither one of the two traumatized teeth showed any sign of discoloration.
SURGICAL REMOVAL AND IMMEDIATE REATTACHEMENT OF CORONAL FRAGMENT EMBEDDED IN LIP / S. PASINI, E. BARDELLINI, E. KELLER, G. CONTI, P. FLOCCHINI, A. MAJORANA. - In: DENTAL TRAUMATOLOGY. - ISSN 1600-4469. - 22:3(2006 Jun), pp. 165-168. [10.1111/j.1600-9657.2006.00345.x]
SURGICAL REMOVAL AND IMMEDIATE REATTACHEMENT OF CORONAL FRAGMENT EMBEDDED IN LIP
G. Conti;
2006
Abstract
This case describes a patient with a traumatic crown fracture of an upper incisor, associated with a laceration wound in the lower lip, showing local oedema. While palpating the tissues of the lower lip we felt the presence of a foreign body. This was confirmed by a radiograph of the lip that showed a radiopaque material, being similar to the coronal fragment of the fractured incisor. It was successfully surgically removed and immediately reattached using a composite adhesive technique. At the follow-up of 1 year later the vitality test on the teeth was positive and neither one of the two traumatized teeth showed any sign of discoloration.
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