Crack of the Week.

Fractures March 15th, 2007

Although the lesion at MB is more significant apically, I get a little worried when I see periradicular PDL “looseness” into the furcation. Especially on a solitary molar with no crown that is an abutment for an RPD.

Because this is what it often turns out to be.


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  • Dr. Mommy, D.D.S.

    eek, check out all those pin amalgams! do you see may cracks as a result of those? i HATE those things!

  • Ameloblast

    Actually no. The worst thing that I see with pins is sometimes perforation through the tooth to the outside. It’s rare that I’ll see endo issues or fractures (even more rare) from pins–I call them “staples” in front of my patients because they seem to understand that better.

  • jeanie

    oh dear… i start my first ‘real’ endo on tuesday… wish me luck!
    we’ve already had one classmate fracture a tooth in a patient taking bisphsophanates so that’s probably the WORST i can do!

  • Ameloblast

    Good luck, I’m sure it’ll go fine.

    Is there a suggestion that the bisphosphanates led to the fracture? Did the fracture happen during an endo?

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