Conservative management of an impacted incisor.
There are several techniques available to the practitioner for the treatment of impacted, fully developed teeth. These techniques often involve surgical and/or orthodontic manipulation of the affected tooth. A more conservative approach was used in the case presented here, involving a boy who was 12 years 5 months old. An odontoma was surgically removed and the impacted tooth was allowed to erupt without the aid of external forces.
Bullen
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C
Saravia
M E
ME
Steinberg
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B
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000601:surgery; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000601:surgery*