[Dental tours de force 3. Treatment of a fused tooth].
This article reports the treatment of a maxillary central incisor, which appeared to be a fused tooth with two separate immature roots. After hemisection, the mesial part of the tooth was removed and the remaining part was treated by a direct pulp capping with a flowable dentin-bonded composite. The central diastema was closed orthodontically. Follow-up after six and eighteen months revealed a healthy pulp and an undisturbed root formation. Finally, a review of the literature on the aetiology and treatment of fused teeth is presented.
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D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005671:Fused Teeth / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome