All physical activities have an associated risk of orofacial injuries due to falls, collisions, and contact with hard surfaces. Lateral luxation is the displacement of the tooth in a direction other that axial which is accompanied by comminution or fracture of the alveolar socket. The aim of this report is to present a case of a 40-year-old female patient that was referred to the department of Conservative dentistry & endodontics after sustaining a cow hit that led to lateral luxation of the maxillary left permanent central incisor.
Repositioning luxated tooth into its original anatomic position and splinting with ligature wire and composite resins was performed. Root canal treatment was initiated within a week after splinting using Calcium Hydroxide as intracanal medicament & final obturation was performed after 15 days. The patient was asymptomatic with the tooth showing no signs of…
