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First trauma ((a) facial view of the fracture; (b) radiographic control; (c) postoperative view demonstrating a light color mismatch; (d) after 10 days in a humid environment the fragment recovers its original color)
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F1
In the radiographic assessment, there was no fracture of the root or the alveolar bone [Figure 1].
Second trauma ((a,b) buccal and occlusal view after the second trauma; (c, d) buccal and occlusal view after the direct restoration)
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F2
25 months later the patient injured the same tooth during a sport activity and sustained a small enamel fracture at the incisal margin of the fragment reattached [Figure 2].
Third trauma ((a) occlusal view; (b) radiographic control; (c) intra-operative view; (d) reattachment completed)
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F3
After clinical evaluation the treatment plan of choice was the same one used on the occasion of the first fracture [Figure 3].
Follow-up control (5.5 years from the first injury) ((a) radiographic control (b) clinical appearance)
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F4
A radiographic control showed no evidence of periapical pathology [Figure 4].