A Rare Presentation of an Incomplete Vertical Fracture in the Furcation Area of a Mandibular Molar and its Multidisciplinary Management
Published: January 1, 2018 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2018/31713.11032
Sumita Bhagwat, Pradnya C Hirlekar, Leena Padhye, Shweta S Dhuri, Quaid Johar Shakir
1. Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Dr D.Y. Patil University, School of Dentistry, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
2. Senior Registrar, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Dr D.Y. Patil University, School of Dentistry, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
3. Professor and Head, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Dr D.Y. Patil University, School of Dentistry, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
4. Senior Registrar, Department of Periodontics, Dr D.Y. Patil University, School of Dentistry, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
5. Professor, Department of Periodontics, Dr D.Y. Patil University, School of Dentistry, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Sumita Bhagwat,
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Specialists in the dental field often get habituated to having a partial or biased assessment of clinical findings or disorders by virtue of practicing a niche speciality over long periods of time. This can lead to a disadvantage to the patient in terms of prognosis unless a wider and all encompassing prespective is inculcated and maintained. Often in the field of endodontics, a patient presents with a finding which leads to a terminal conclusion of extraction. However, with an aim of preserving the tooth, if various principles of treatment modalities of other branches of dentistry are employed, the prognosis can take a 360° turn for successful preservation of the tooth in the arch in complete functional state. We present one such case of an incomplete vertical fracture in the furcation area of a mandibular molar, destined for extraction, but conserved with concomitant orthodontic banding followed by intentional surgical bicuspidisation and full coverage restoration.
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