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2. Dental avulsion - Wikipedia

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   Dental avulsion. Dental avulsion is the complete displacement of a tooth from its socket in alveolar bone owing to trauma, such as can be caused by a fall, road traffic accident, assault, sports, or occupational injury. [1][2] Typically, a tooth is held in place by the periodontal ligament, which becomes torn when the tooth is knocked out. [3]

3. Dental extraction - Wikipedia

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   Once the periodontal ligament is broken and the supporting alveolar bone has been adequately widened the tooth can be removed. Typically, when teeth are removed with forceps, slow, steady pressure is applied with controlled force. Molar cut up during surgical extraction - the curvature of the three roots (top right) prevented simple extraction

4. Cracked tooth syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Cross-section of a posterior tooth. Cracked tooth syndrome (CTS) [2] is where a tooth has incompletely cracked but no part of the tooth has yet broken off. Sometimes it is described as a greenstick fracture. [1] The symptoms are very variable, making it a notoriously difficult condition to diagnose.

5. Dental trauma - Wikipedia

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   If a tooth is avulsed, make sure it is a permanent tooth (primary teeth should not be replanted, and instead the injury site should be cleaned to allow the adult tooth to begin to erupt). Reassure the patient and keep them calm. If the tooth can be found, pick it up by the crown (the white part). Avoid touching the root part.

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7. Tooth resorption - Wikipedia

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   Tooth resorption. Resorption of the root of the tooth, or root resorption, is the progressive loss of dentin and cementum by the action of odontoclasts. [4] Root resorption is a normal physiological process that occurs in the exfoliation of the primary dentition. However, pathological root resorption occurs in the permanent or secondary ...