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The Fractured Tooth: Selecting the Practical Solution
H. Tremaine
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Dental fractures comprised 6.8% of cheek teeth lesions presented to a referral clinic in one study [1], and 0.4% of horses examined routinely in first opinion practice [2] and the majority of these were pathological fractures [1] with 80% afflicting maxillary dentition. When normal or increased masticatory forces are placed on a structurally weakened tooth, it is prone to fracture. Other risk factors of dental fracture include; peripheral overgrowths, malocclusions resulting in stress foci and misalignment. More rarely dental fracture of cheek teeth can be attributed to direct trauma. It has been speculated that teeth afflicted by severe caries, albeit with vital endodontium may be more prone to fracture but this currently remains unvalidated, and the mechanical significance of caries is discussed elsewhere ...
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School of Veterinary Studies, University of Bristol, Langford, BS40 5DU, UK
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