Complex crown-root fractures in the esthetic zone refer to a type of dental trauma occurring in the anterior region, characterized by concurrent fractures involving both the crown and the root, with associated pulp exposure and periodontal tissue injury. These injuries consistently exhibit critical anatomical features, including a fixed palatal fracture location below the alveolar crest, compromised residual tooth structure, and frequent encroachment of the biological width. To predict treatment outcomes, a risk assessment framework based on the restoration-tooth-periodontium interface was developed. Resistance risk was evaluated by assessing the type of residual dentin ferrule and the length of the root within the alveolar bone, while periodontal risk was assessed according to gingival phenotype and alveolar bone morphology. Based on these risk dimensions and the principles of aesthetics, stability, and minimally invasive treatment, a diagnostic classification system was established to categorize fractures into three types: favorable, intervention and high-risk. Type-specific management strategies were proposed: for favorable cases, crown lengthening combined with deep margin elevation to reduce periodontal risk is recommended; for intervention cases, orthodontic extrusion or surgical extrusion is applied to simultaneously address both ferrule deficiency and biological width violation; for high-risk cases, extraction followed by implant restoration is advised due to limited root preservation value. The presented classification enables clinicians to adopt a scientific and structured approach to treatment planning for these complex crown-root fractures in the aesthetic zone.
Humans ; Tooth Fractures/therapy* ; Tooth Root/injuries* ; Risk Assessment ; Tooth Crown/injuries* ; Periodontium ; Esthetics, Dental ; Dental Restoration, Permanent/methods*

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical application value of in-situ crown reattachment technique combined with pulpotomy in the treatment of complicated crown-root fractures in young permanent anterior teeth. METHODS: A prospective study was conducted on 50 children with complicated crown-root fractures in young permanent anterior teeth, who were treated at the Pediatric Dentistry Department, Hospital of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University from June 2023 to June 2024. All patients underwent in-situ crown reattachment technique combined with pulpotomy. Clinical examinations, radiographic evaluations, and subjective satisfaction surveys (using a Likert scale of 1-10) were conducted at 1, 6, and 12 months postoperatively. Data were analyzed using SPSS 23.0. RESULTS: The loss-to-follow-up rate was 12% (6/50), with 44 cases completing the 12 months of evaluation. The clinical success rate was 93.18% (41/44), and the radiographic success rate was 97.73% (43/44). The subjective satisfaction scores showed a significant improvement in masticatory function from 7.03±0.52 at 1 month to 8.07±0.92 at 12 months postoperatively (P<0.05), whereas the scores for aesthetics, comfort, and quality-of-life impact showed no statistically significant differences (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS In-situ crown reattachment technique combined with pulpotomy effectively treats complicated crown-root fractures in young permanent anterior teeth, demonstrating a high short-term clinical success rate, significantly improved masticatory function, and minimally invasive preservation of pulp vitality and root development potential. This technique provides an optimized treatment option for dental trauma in children, although its long-term efficacy requires further validation.
Humans ; Pulpotomy ; Tooth Fractures/surgery* ; Child ; Prospective Studies ; Male ; Female ; Tooth Root/injuries* ; Tooth Crown/injuries* ; Treatment Outcome ; Incisor/injuries* ; Child, Preschool

This report presents a case of a 9-year-old child with a complicated crown-root fracture of the maxillary central incisor, accompanied with a root fracture. The treatment strategy was minimally invasive, focusing on vital pulp preservation, root fracture recovery, and crown restoration. The fractured crown was reattached using resin short posts to enhance retention, resulting in aesthetic and functional restoration of the anterior teeth. A 2-year follow-up revealed favorable clinical and radiographic outcomes.
Humans ; Child ; Tooth Fractures/therapy* ; Tooth Root/injuries* ; Incisor/injuries* ; Tooth Crown/injuries* ; Post and Core Technique ; Dental Restoration, Permanent/methods* ; Maxilla

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of 3 years after partial pulpotomy with iRoot BP Plus in immature permanent teeth with complex crown fracture and to provide refe-rence for the clinical application. METHODS: The study was prospectively designed and 104 immature permanent teeth with complex crown fracture were randomly allocated into two groups (n=52). The experiment group received iRoot BP Plus as the pulp capping agent while the control group received calcium hydroxide as the pulp capping agent. After partial pulpotomy, all teeth were clinically and radiographically assessed at the end of 1, 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, and 36 months. The success rate in the two groups was evaluated to see if there was significant difference. The root canal wall thickness in the treated teeth was compared both between the groups and within the groups with those of the corresponding healthy teeth on the opposite side, in the same patient. RESULTS: Excluding those lost to follow-up, there were 44 teeth in calcium hydroxide group (8 teeth accounting for 15.4% were lost to follow up) and 45 teeth in iRoot BP Plus group (7 teeth accounting for 13.5% were lost to follow up) in the end. There was no intergroup difference in the success rate between calcium hydroxide group and iRoot BP Plus group (per-protocol analysis: 80% vs. 87%; intent-to-treat analysis: 67% vs. 75%). The non-inferiority margin was -10%. The 95% confidence interval of the difference in success rate was -8% to 22%. There was no significant difference in root development between the experimental teeth and contralateral control teeth. The thickness of upper 1/3 root canal in the iRoot BP Plus group was thinner than that in the CH group [(1.82±0.21) mm vs. (1.91±0.20) mm, P=0.047]. CONCLUSION iRoot BP Plus used in pulpotomy can effectively preserve the living pulp and promote the development of root in the young permanent teeth with complex crown fracture.
Humans ; Tooth Fractures ; Calcium Hydroxide/therapeutic use* ; Female ; Male ; Child ; Pulp Capping and Pulpectomy Agents ; Pulpotomy/methods* ; Prospective Studies ; Dental Pulp Capping/methods* ; Adolescent ; Dentition, Permanent ; Drug Combinations ; Tooth Crown/injuries* ; Root Canal Filling Materials ; Silicones

Post-and-core crown is one of the most common forms of restoration of tooth after root canal therapy (RCT). Infection control is the core objective of RCT, which is usually well realized by endodontists. However, many prosthodontists often neglect the infection control of the tooth and the maintenance of the curative effect of RCT during the process of post-and-core crown, which may lead to the failure of the final restoration. The concept of integrated crown-root treatment advocated recently requires clinicians to consider the RCT and final restoration as a whole, rather than simply divided into two parts-endodontic treatment and restorative treatment. As the core content of integrated crown-root treatment, infection control should be taken seriously by clinicians and implemented throughout the whole treatment process, especially in the restorative treatment that is easily overlooked after RCT. Therefore, this article describes the infection control of post-and-core crown restoration, classifies the tooth requiring post-and-core crown restoration, and puts forward the measures of infection control before and during post-and-core crown restoration, in order to provide reference and guidance for clinical practice.
Humans ; Crowns ; Tooth Crown ; Post and Core Technique ; Root Canal Therapy ; Infection Control ; Tooth Fractures

Objective: To explore and analyze the correlation between labial gingival morphology and alveolar bone morphology of maxillary anterior teeth in patients with posterior dental implant, so as to provide reference basis for restoration design and esthetic reconstruction of anterior teeth. Methods: Sixty-four patients [24 males, 40 females (25.6±3.3) years old] who planned to receive posterior dental implant restoration were recruited randomly with the inclusion and exclusion criteria in Department of Prosthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University from May 2020 to May 2021. According to the visibility of periodontal probe through gingival margin, the subjects were divided into thin and thick gingival biotypes, including 29 cases of thin biotype and 35 cases of thick biotype. The 3Shape software was used to perform oral scanning, and cone beam CT (CBCT) was taken for each patient. Geomagic and Mimics software were used to measure and record the labial crown width and length, gingival papilla height, gingival angle, bone papilla height and bone margin angle of maxillary anterior teeth. Results: The crown width length ratios of maxillary central incisors, lateral incisors and canines were 0.85±0.08, 0.80±0.08 and 0.86±0.09 (F=10.71, P<0.01). The height of gingival papilla between maxillary central incisors, between central incisors and lateral incisors, between lateral incisors and canines were (3.93±0.86), (3.47±0.84) and (3.38±0.91) mm respectively (F=7.44, P<0.01), and the height of corresponding bone papilla were (3.44±0.88), (3.12±0.75) and (2.72±0.63) mm respectively (F=14.26, P<0.01). The gingival margin angles of maxillary central incisors, lateral incisors and canines were 88.3°±7.7°, 84.7°±8.9° and 81.2°±6.6° (F=13.15, P<0.01), and the bone margin angles were 103.2°±13.1°, 99.5°±11.2° and 110.6°±13.0° (F=13.25, P<0.01). The crown width length ratio (0.81±0.08), gingival margin angle (82.2°±7.4°) and bone margin angle (99.4°±12.9°) of thin gingival subjects were significantly lower than those of thick gingival subjects (0.85±0.09, 86.5°±8.6°, 108.5°±11.4°) (t=-2.79, 3.63, 5.20, P<0.01). The height of gingival papilla [(3.93±0.81) mm] and bone papilla [(3.43±0.80) mm] in thin gingival subjects were significantly lower than those in thick gingival subjects [(3.34±0.84) and (2.85±0.71) mm, respectively] (t=-4.89, -5.36, P<0.01). The height of labial gingival papilla of upper anterior teeth was positively correlated with that of bone papilla in all patients (r=0.66, P<0.01); the ratio of crown width to length of upper anterior teeth was positively correlated with the angle of bone margin (r=0.42, P<0.01); the height of anterior gingival papilla was negatively correlated with the angle of bone margin (r=-0.58, P<0.01), and the height of bone papilla was negatively correlated with the angle of bone margin (r=-0.82, P<0.01). Conclusions: The crown shape, gingival shape and alveolar bone shape of maxillary anterior teeth were different in different tooth positions. Patients with different periodontal phenotypes had different crown width length ratio, gingival papilla height, bone papilla height, gingival margin angle, and bone margin angle.
Adult ; Cone-Beam Computed Tomography ; Dental Implants ; Esthetics, Dental ; Female ; Gingiva/anatomy & histology* ; Humans ; Male ; Maxilla/diagnostic imaging* ; Tooth Crown ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the type of wound healing following modified crown lengthening surgery in dog model to provide a biological basis for its clinical application. METHODS: Flap surgery, traditional crown lengthening procedure and modified crown lengthening procedure were performed on the right maxillary central incisor, the left maxillary central incisor and the left maxillary first lateral incisor respectively of five male beagle dogs. The right maxillary first lateral incisors with no surgical intervention were used as controls. Thirty-six weeks after the experimental procedure, tissue blocks were harvested and prepared for histological examination and analysis. RESULTS: Histometric examination of buccolingual sections stained with hematoxylin-eosin demonstrated that the type of wound healing in the flap surgery group was re-attachment, similar to the control group. For the traditional crown lengthening surgery group, all of the five beagle dogs had lamellar cementum defects on root surface, the wound healing of four beagle dogs was new attachment accompanied by new cementum formation at cementum defect areas and the suprac-restal connective tissue was functionally oriented perpendicular to the new cementum. The wound healing of the other beagle dog was long junctional epithelial attachment, in which the junctional epithelium extended to the apical terminus of the cementum defect. In the modified crown lengthening surgery group, four beagle dogs had cementum defects on root surface (two lamellar cementum defects and two shallow platform-like cementum defects), the wound healing of three beagle dogs was new attachment, however, the supracrestal connective tissue was parallel to the root surface. The type of wound healing of another one beagle dog was long junctional epithelial attachment. Wound healing of one beagle dog in this group could not be characterized due to incomplete dissection. CONCLUSION Wound healing in the modified crown lengthening surgery group was similar to the traditional crown lengthening surgery group, and two types of wound healing were observed: new attachment and long junctional epithelium attachment. Neither type of root treatment procedure (root planing or root reshaping) nor root surface defect pattern (the lamellar cementum defect or shallow platform-like cementum defect) influenced the observed type of wound healing.
Animals ; Connective Tissue ; Crown Lengthening ; Dogs ; Eosine Yellowish-(YS) ; Epithelial Attachment/pathology* ; Hematoxylin ; Male ; Tooth Root/surgery* ; Wound Healing

OBJECTIVE: To explore the construction process of the digital reference crown models, and to initially establish the digital reference crown models of the primary teeth to lay the foundation for the establishment of the standardized crown models and the future related applications of computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacture (CAD/CAM) technology to pediatric dentistry. METHODS: This study randomly selected children who were caries free, aged from 4 to 5 years in several kindergartens of Haidian District of Beijing.Plaster dental models were made for the children after taking complete impressions.The digital dental models were reconstructed by using the three-dimensional (3D) dental model scanner.And then, Geomagic Studio, a 3D reverse engineering software, was employed to extract the single dental crown data, the mesiodistal and buccolingual diameters and the height of the crowns were measured.The object was reduced or enlarged by a numerical factor, and then the size of each dental crown was standardized.A total of 3-5 points features on the crown were created, and all the objects were aligned through the functions of feature-based alignment.Finally, through average-based object creation and smoothing, the digital models of reference crowns of the primary teeth were established. RESULTS: A total of 40 plaster dental models from 16 boys and 26 girls were selected out for our further study.The digital dental models were reconstructed, and the mesiodistal and buccolingual diameters and the height of the crowns were measured by using reverse engineering technology.Comparing the results of using mesiodistal diameter, buccolingual diameter and height as the standards, we chose the mesiodistal diameters of crowns to do the standardization, and successfully established the digital reference models of 20 primary teeth crowns with detailed surface characteristics. CONCLUSION In this study, the digital reference crown models of the primary teeth were established by reverse engineering technology, providing reference value for the standardized crown models and application for clinical practice, scientific research and teaching.Furthermore, this study also contributes to the extensive application of CAD/CAM technology in pediatric dentistry and the development of CAD/CAM dental systems with independent intellectual property rights.
Child ; Computer-Aided Design ; Crowns ; Dental Prosthesis Design ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Software ; Tooth Crown ; Tooth, Deciduous

With the evolution of the computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology, the intraoral scanners are playing an increasingly important role, as they are the first step towards a completely digital workflow. The CAD/CAM double scanning technique has been used to transfer the information from provisional restorations to definitive restorations. In this case, a 67-year-old male with esthetically compromised anterior teeth, generalized severe attrition of teeth, and reduced vertical dimension was treated with full mouth rehabilitation including a re-establishment of the lost vertical dimension of occlusion assisted by the crown lengthening procedure. The provisional restorations were fabricated using an intraoral scanner and the CAD/CAM double scanning technique. After the period of adaption, the definitive monolithic zirconia restorations were delivered. The CAD/CAM double scanning technique successfully transferred the occlusal and morphological characteristics, obtained from the provisional restorations, to the definitive restorations.
Aged ; Crown Lengthening ; Dentition ; Humans ; Male ; Mouth Rehabilitation ; Mouth ; Tooth ; Tooth Wear ; Vertical Dimension

OBJECTIVE: To explore the correlation among gingival thickness (GT), underlying alveolar bone thickness (BT), and other periodontal biotype characteristics in the maxillary anterior. METHODS: A total of 40 young volunteers with healthy periodontal were involved in this research. The periodontal probe was previously used to divide the gingiva from thick to thin. Two records were measured by cone beam CT (CBCT) GT, which was measured at the cement-enamel junction level; and BT, which was measured at 3 locations: 1, 3, 5 mm below the alveolar crest. Oral and gypsum measurements were used to analyze the associations of the crown width/crown length ratio (CW/CL), the keratinized mucosa width (KM), and the free gingival margin curvature. RESULTS: Significant difference in the GT was observed between the thick and thin biotypes, which were divided by periodontal probe (P<0.01). Difference was observed in each periodontal biotype characteristic between the thick (GT≥1 mm) and thin biotypes (GT<1 mm) (P<0.05). BT was positively associated with GT (r=0.293, P=0.001), CW/CL (r=0.273, P=0.003), KM (r=0.291, P=0.001), and free gingival margin curvature (r=0.290, P=0.001). CONCLUSIONS The transparency of the probing in the sulcus could analyze the GT qualitatively. The thick and thin biotypes have different periodontal biotype characteristics. Compared with individuals with thick biotype, those with thin biotype are susceptible to risk dental aesthetic.
Alveolar Process ; Cone-Beam Computed Tomography ; Gingiva ; Humans ; Maxilla ; Tooth Crown