Management of conical midline supernumerary teeth in a young child.
The authors report a case of a young patient with conical midline supernumerary teeth. In cases where such supernumeraries are likely to erupt, early surgical intervention, often necessitating the administration of a general anaesthetic, should be avoided if possible. Extraction under local anaesthesia on eruption was preferred for this patient, and resulted in the normal eruption of the permanent central incisors.
Chadwick
B L
BL
University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff.
Hunter
M L
ML
D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities; D008297:Male; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014096:Tooth, Supernumerary / Q000601:surgery*