title: Treatment of ectopically erupting maxillary permanent first molars with a distal extended stainless steel crown.
abstract: The exaggerated mesial eruption of the permanent first molar can result in the tooth becoming impacted, or the premature atypical resorption and exfoliation of the primary molar, with a resultant loss of space. A stainless steel crown with a distal guide plane was placed on a primary molar to correct the aberrant eruption angle of the permanent tooth. This procedure can be used successfully for both partially and totally tissue-impacted teeth, and is described in this report.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003442:Crowns; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008963:Molar; D013193:Stainless Steel; D014079:Tooth Eruption, Ectopic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques; D014091:Tooth Resorption / Q000209:etiology; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D013193:Stainless Steel