Lecture Description
Although dental trauma often occurs in most populations, traumatized anterior teeth are a big concern before and during orthodontic treatment. Most patients want to save their traumatized teeth and keep them esthetic. We should consider several factors related to managing traumatized teeth- patient’s age, time of the traumatic accident, types of trauma (tooth fracture, periodontal injury, etc.), previous endodontic or restorative treatment, and current tooth condition. Moreover, the type of orthodontic treatment and amount/direction of tooth moving force would be related to the tooth condition. Orthodontists and endodontics aim to preserve the traumatized anterior teeth in healthy condition. However, intimate communication and follow-up may not always be possible before and during orthodontic treatment. This lecture will help clinicians to understand the endodontist’s perspectives on this topic. During this lecture, the following subtopics will be discussed.
-Types of dental trauma frequently occur in the anterior teeth of orthodontic patients
-Endodontic procedures and complications of the treatment
-Prognosis of endodontic treatment of the traumatized teeth
-Clinical scenarios-communications between orthodontist and endodontist
-Key points during treatment planning In addition, possible endodontic interventions, including nonsurgical retreatment, apicoectomy, replantation, and transplantation, will be introduced to preserve the traumatized anterior teeth with root resorption and/or periapical pathosis.
