Large multidisciplinary treatment of serious intrusive dental luxation: clinical case

Abstract

Introduction: Dentoalveolar traumas affect a considerable portion of the population and occur due to several causes, such as falls, car accidents and physical aggressions. Lesions can range from simple enamel fractures to dental avulsion, and are associated with aesthetic, functional, psychological and social damage. Intrusive luxation, which, due to maximum damage to the periodontal and pulp tissues, have one of the worst prognoses and result in pulp necrosis in almost all cases of teeth with complete rhizogenesis. Possible treatments are based on root development and severity of lesion and include waiting for spontaneous re-eruption, surgical repositioning, orthodontic traction and extraction of intruded tooth. The present study aims to report a clinical case exposing the late treatment of severe traumatic intrusion of the permanent upper central incisor. Case report: a 10-year-old female patient suffered a bucofacial trauma in 2009 and was attended to at an emergency service, however no dental care was provided, only in 2011 she sought specialized care at the dental clinic of the State University of Feira de Santana-BA. Final considerations: The most appropriate conduct in the face of dentoalveolar traumatisms is urgent care, aiming to minimize sequelae to preserve the remaining tooth and adjacent structures.