MINI REVIEW article
Front. Oral Health
Sec. Oral Health Promotion
Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/froh.2025.1572665
This article is part of the Research TopicAdvances in Understanding and Managing Dentine Hypersensitivity and Tooth WearView all 4 articles
Type of manuscript-Mini review
Provisionally accepted
Shreya Raj1,2
Dr Ankita Singh1,2*- 1Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
- 2Manipal College of Dental Sciences, mangalore, India
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Background: Cracked tooth syndrome is one of the five types of longitudinal fracture. It has been described as an incomplete fracture progressing from the vital tooth crown and progressing subgingivally, usually in a mesio-distal direction, involving dentin and often the dental pulp. Though termed as a syndrome it doesn't present with a set of classical symptoms. Hence, its diagnosis has always been arduous. This review paper summarises the current strategies in diagnosing a cracked tooth. This paper is an attempt to draw standardized protocols for diagnosing cracked tooth.Objective: The objective of this paper is to delve deeper into cracked tooth syndrome, thereby examining and simplifying each method to elucidate better its representation in clinics, such as history, examination, imaging etc for an easier diagnosis.Clinical significance and relevance: Cracked tooth syndrome is a prevalent problem in dental practice. However, its ambiguous symptoms make a definitive diagnosis difficult, leading to a delay or failure to give appropriate therapy. Thus, it is imperative for a clinician to know about the various methods to correctly diagnose and provide apt and early treatment for cracked teeth.
Keywords: Cracked tooth, diagnosis, Fracture, treatment plan, Cracked Tooth Syndrome (CTS)
Received: 17 Feb 2025; Accepted: 09 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Raj and Singh. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Dr Ankita Singh, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, mangalore, India
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