title: Horizontally root fractured teeth with pulpal vitality - two case reports.
abstract: This case study reports the successful outcome of horizontal root fractures of two different patients, which took place in permanent incisors. Report 1 describes a case of a 29-year-old patient who suffered a mandibular trauma affecting mainly the lower central incisors, caused by a car accident. A panoramic radiograph was taken right after the accident and showed a horizontal root fracture in the middle third of tooth 42, which went untreated. Report 2 illustrates a case of a 17-year-old male patient who searched for orthodontic therapy and the periapical radiograph showed horizontal root fracture in tooth 11 caused by a previous trauma, which went untreated as well. There was healing through the reestablishment of pulp activity and dental coloration without professional intervention.
authors.affiliation: Luciano Silva, Pâmella Álvares, José Alcides Arruda, Leni Verônica Silva, Ana Paula Veras Sobral, Marcia Silveira, Universidade de Pernambuco, Santo Amaro, Recife, PE 50100-010, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Luciano Silva, Pâmella Álvares, José Alcides Arruda, Leni Verônica Silva, Ana Paula Veras Sobral, Marcia Silveira, Universidade de Pernambuco, Santo Amaro, Recife, PE 50100-010, Brazil.
authors.forename: Pâmella
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Álvares
authors.affiliation: Luciano Silva, Pâmella Álvares, José Alcides Arruda, Leni Verônica Silva, Ana Paula Veras Sobral, Marcia Silveira, Universidade de Pernambuco, Santo Amaro, Recife, PE 50100-010, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Alcides
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Arruda
authors.affiliation: Luciano Silva, Pâmella Álvares, José Alcides Arruda, Leni Verônica Silva, Ana Paula Veras Sobral, Marcia Silveira, Universidade de Pernambuco, Santo Amaro, Recife, PE 50100-010, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leni Verônica
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Luciano Silva, Pâmella Álvares, José Alcides Arruda, Leni Verônica Silva, Ana Paula Veras Sobral, Marcia Silveira, Universidade de Pernambuco, Santo Amaro, Recife, PE 50100-010, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cleomar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Luciano Silva, Pâmella Álvares, José Alcides Arruda, Leni Verônica Silva, Ana Paula Veras Sobral, Marcia Silveira, Universidade de Pernambuco, Santo Amaro, Recife, PE 50100-010, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Paula Veras
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Sobral
authors.affiliation: Luciano Silva, Pâmella Álvares, José Alcides Arruda, Leni Verônica Silva, Ana Paula Veras Sobral, Marcia Silveira, Universidade de Pernambuco, Santo Amaro, Recife, PE 50100-010, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silveira
keywords: Horizontal root fractures; Periapical radiograph; Pulpal vitality