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An avulsed upper central incisor

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PATIENT

A 24-year-old knocked out an upper front tooth in a fall. A friend picked the tooth up by the crown and brings it with the patient. The tooth is dirty.

FINDINGS
  • Tooth 8, the upper right central incisor, out of the socket
  • A permanent tooth with a closed apex
  • Dirt on the root
  • Plan: rinse, replant, splint, then root canal treatment and follow-up

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Cases › Management · M23
An avulsed upper central incisor

Practice cases written from published sources. Not an exam or admissions result; your program and examiners decide.

PATIENT

A 24-year-old knocked out an upper front tooth in a fall. A friend picked the tooth up by the crown and brings it with the patient. The tooth is dirty.

FINDINGS
  • Tooth 8, the upper right central incisor, out of the socket
  • A permanent tooth with a closed apex
  • Dirt on the root
  • Plan: rinse, replant, splint, then root canal treatment and follow-up
Clear the socket and replant slowly, M23 step 3M23 step 3: Clear the socket and replant slowly. Open this step in the lesson.

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The questions open with the $99 season (90 days), the $149/yr student seat, or a class code that assigns M23. The first case is free.

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M23: Emergency management of an avulsed permanent upper central incisor. Open the lesson step