Horizontal root fracture--an unusual complication.
Cystic change at the site of a root fracture is an unusual sequelae. A case report of such an occurrence in a horizontal root fracture involving the apical third of a permanent central incisor in a 22-year-old man is presented and management of these injuries is discussed in brief.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel.
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla; D011842:Radicular Cyst / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012184:Retrograde Obturation; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000150:complications*