Horizontal root fractures are rare in comparison to other types of dental injuries and the reported prevalence in the literature is between 0.5% and 7%. The treatment and prognosis of root fractures depend on many variables, the most important being the length of time between trauma and treatment, degree of dislocation and mobility, site of fracture, fixation period, stage of root development and age of patient. This case report presents a case of patient who had horizontal root fracture of left maxillary central incisor. Patient was referred to our department with a complaint of mobility and pain in left upper central incisor. On radiographical examination, horizontal fractures were diagnosed on the root of left upper central incisor. Teeth was repositioned and composite wire splint was applied. Splints were retained for about 4 weeks. After splints were removed, patients were scheduled for follow up visits at 3 month intervals. After long term clinical and radiographical follow up of 16 months, teeth presented positive response to electrical pulp tests, normal color and mobility, and no pain was observed in horizontal and vertical percussion tests suggesting a repair of root fracture.  Using splints without any further treatment was found to be successful in the presence of suitable conditions for the treatment of horizontal root fractures.
Key words: Horizontal Root Fracture, Splinting.

Corresponding author: Dr. Ruchi Juneja, Assistant Professor, Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College, Karnal, Haryana,  India

This article may be cited as: Juneja R, Middha M, Kumar V, Arora M. Conservative Management of Horizontal Root Fracture in Maxillary Central Incisor: A Case Report. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2017;3(6):30-32.