Question 301 · LDEK · Trauma to primary teeth
The dentist found a small intrusion of a central incisor in a 2-year-old child. Parents cannot tell when the injury happened. In the clinical investigation no inflammation in the area was found. The child did not let an x-ray to be made. In the situation you should:
- A. make a surgical repositioning and immobilizing of teeth.
- B. surgical repositioning should be postponed.
- C. make a surgical repositioning and advice a soft diet for a week.
- D. let the tooth to self-eruption.
- E. make an extraction.
Hint
Recall IADT guidance for intruded primary teeth and the risk that any manipulation poses to the permanent successor.
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