Comments on: Horizontal Root Fracture Recall. http://www.endodontics.ca/2006/08/31/horizontal-root-fracture-recall/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=horizontal-root-fracture-recall I am Lesion, for there are many. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ameloblast http://www.endodontics.ca/2006/08/31/horizontal-root-fracture-recall/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Ameloblast Sun, 03 Sep 2006 12:40:00 +0000 http://www.enfusion-group.org/~anthony/blog/?p=76#comment-47 The prognosis is good for her tooth because of the apical location of the fracture and the fact that the tooth is still vital (and didn't need repositioning).<br/><br/>The tooth that I blogged about needed to be repositioned from a palatoversion after the accident. The prognosis is good for her tooth because of the apical location of the fracture and the fact that the tooth is still vital (and didn’t need repositioning).

The tooth that I blogged about needed to be repositioned from a palatoversion after the accident.

]]> By: Dr. Mommy, D.D.S. http://www.endodontics.ca/2006/08/31/horizontal-root-fracture-recall/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Dr. Mommy, D.D.S. Sun, 03 Sep 2006 11:53:00 +0000 http://www.enfusion-group.org/~anthony/blog/?p=76#comment-45 i had a case that presented with a horizontal root fracture of 11 about a month and a half ago. this poor woman was shoved into an escalator console at a TTC station, no none even stopped to help her. she came straight to the office in extreme pain, obviously, and radiograph revealed a fracture in the apical 1/3 (pretty high up actually), about 1/2 degree mobility. i called the specialist i usually refer to beause this was the first time i had ever seen a patient like this and i wanted some advice. tooth was hypersensitve to endo ice, as can be expected after trauma like that. we basically told her to favor the tooth and return in two weeks for re-eval, at which point the tooth had normal vitality testing, and we'll wait and see if the root heals itself. she's coming back in another month or so for re-testing again and i told her to watch for discoloration, etc, and which point i will refer her to the endodontist to complete treatment.<br/><br/>that's so funny you posted this case, i was just talking about her the other day! i had a case that presented with a horizontal root fracture of 11 about a month and a half ago. this poor woman was shoved into an escalator console at a TTC station, no none even stopped to help her. she came straight to the office in extreme pain, obviously, and radiograph revealed a fracture in the apical 1/3 (pretty high up actually), about 1/2 degree mobility. i called the specialist i usually refer to beause this was the first time i had ever seen a patient like this and i wanted some advice. tooth was hypersensitve to endo ice, as can be expected after trauma like that. we basically told her to favor the tooth and return in two weeks for re-eval, at which point the tooth had normal vitality testing, and we’ll wait and see if the root heals itself. she’s coming back in another month or so for re-testing again and i told her to watch for discoloration, etc, and which point i will refer her to the endodontist to complete treatment.

that’s so funny you posted this case, i was just talking about her the other day!

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