Question 329 · LDEK · Trauma to primary teeth
4 y. o. patient reported with incisor’s root fracture, located in the apical 1/3rd; the coronal fragment was not displaced. Treatment method of choice is:
- A. extraction of coronal fragment and leaving the apical fragment for spontaneous resorption.
- B. no treatment.
- C. tooth extraction.
- D. root canal treatment followed by clinical and x-ray observation.
- E. elastic splinting for the period of 4 weeks.
Hint
Recall the IADT approach to an undisplaced root fracture of a primary incisor and what happens to the apical fragment.
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