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ReviewInternational endodontic journal2025

Position statement on longitudinal cracks and fractures of teeth.

Shanon Patel, Peng-Hui Teng, Wan-Chuen Liao, Matthew Craig Davis, Ales Fidler, Franziska Haupt, Cristiano Fabiani, Ronald Ordinola Zapata, Rahul Bose

Abstract readReviewConsensus Statement
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Review in International endodontic journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Vertical Root Fracture in Endodontically Treated Teeth: Risk Factors and Future Directions.Australian endodontic journal : the journal of the Australian Society of Endodontology Inc · 2026
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  10. Diagnostic Accuracy of Methods Used to Detect Cracked Teeth.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Shanon PatelGuy's & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0614-6951
Peng-Hui TengUnit of Endodontology & Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-5358-6565
Wan-Chuen LiaoSchool of Dentistry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Matthew Craig DavisPrivate Practice in Endodontics, Winnetka, Illinois, USA.
Ales FidlerDepartment of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0003-3916-1111
Franziska HauptDepartment of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2316-5137
Cristiano FabianiSpecialist Practice, Rome, Italy.
Ronald Ordinola ZapataDepartment of Endodontics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9738-0828
Rahul BoseCentre for Oral, Clinical & Translational Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7506-5007

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This position statement is a consensus view of an expert committee convened by the European Society of Endodontology (ESE). The statement is based on current clinical and scientific evidence as well as the collective reflective practice of the committee. The aim is to provide clinicians with evidence-based, authoritative information on the aetiology, clinical presentation, and management of cracks and fractures that typically manifest along the long axis of the crown and/or root.

Indexed as

Cracked Tooth SyndromeTooth FracturesHumansTooth CrownTooth Rootcracked toothlongitudinal fracturessplit toothvertical root fracture

Identifiers

PMID39840523
PMCPMC11812625

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