Management of crown root fracture in primary 'double tooth': a case report

Dent Traumatol. 2011 Feb;27(1):71-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2010.00948.x. Epub 2010 Dec 9.

Abstract

The term 'double tooth' is used to describe two developmental dental anomalies of shape: gemination and fusion. Traumatic episodes involving a fused or geminated primary tooth are rare. This report describes an unusual case of crown root fracture in a primary double tooth.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Fused Teeth / complications
  • Fused Teeth / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Incisor / abnormalities*
  • Incisor / injuries
  • Male
  • Maxilla
  • Tooth Crown / injuries*
  • Tooth Extraction
  • Tooth Fractures / complications
  • Tooth Fractures / pathology
  • Tooth Fractures / therapy*
  • Tooth Root / injuries*
  • Tooth, Deciduous / abnormalities
  • Tooth, Deciduous / injuries
  • Treatment Outcome