Atraumatic surgical extrusion using periotome in esthetic zone: A case series
A 26-year-old patient, gave a history of trauma (bike accident) 3 weeks back and he had not visited for any dental treatment before he visited Department of Periodontics for clinical crown lengthening in relation to maxillary central incisors. Careful clinical and radiographic evaluations were performed prior to the surgical procedure for the sake of case selection. Mild and continuous types of pain were experienced by the patient over the past 3 weeks.\nOn intraoral examination, there was tenderness on percussion and gingivitis with no mobility in relation to 11 and 21. Radiographic examination revealed no periapical pathology. Both 11 and 21 were vital with heat and cold tests.\nRoot canal treatment was done prior to surgical extrusion. After root canal treatment in relation to 11 and 21, coronal seal is obtained by composite restoration. There was no difficulty in obtaining a definitive coronal seal as the fracture margin was at gingival tissue. Patient was given a fixed crown after the complete reduction of tooth mobility clinically after s 6 months.