title: Minimally invasive intervention of acute trauma in the primary dentition: Successful five-year follow-up.
abstract: The main objectives of diagnosis and treatment of traumatic injuries affecting children in the primary dentition are pain management and prevention of damage to the developing tooth germ. Inappropriate approaches to treating dental trauma can cause more damage than the trauma itself; for this reason, minimal intervention presents a low risk of sequelae development in the permanent successor teeth. This case describes a five-year follow-up of acute trauma in the primary dentition. Conservative management with minimal intervention of the traumatized teeth was adopted. The traumatized teeth were followed until eruption of their permanent successors. The permanent teeth erupted in the correct order. The conservative management was a success and resulted in normal eruption of the permanent teeth with no sequelae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tatiana Kelly da Silva
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Fidalgo
authors.forename: Lucianne Cople
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Maia
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000293:injuries; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000293:injuries*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012391:Root Resorption / Q000503:physiopathology; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000628:therapy*; D014078:Tooth Eruption / Q000502:physiology; D014083:Tooth Germ / Q000254:growth & development; D020390:Tooth Socket / Q000293:injuries; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000293:injuries*; D016896:Treatment Outcome