Long-term follow-up of conservative treatment of severely traumatized maxillary incisors.
We present the case of a 26-year-old man who at the age of 9 suffered severe trauma to both maxillary central incisors. The underlying malocclusion was skeletal and classified as dental Class II/1 with severe crowding. Both the maxillary central incisors and the two lower first premolars were extracted and the patient was treated with an edgewise appliance for 2 years. Acceptable occlusal relationships were achieved following orthodontic and adjunctive treatment which consisted of reshaping the maxillary lateral incisors with composite materials and grinding the canines to resemble lateral incisors. A critical evaluation of the esthetic and functional results at the age of 26 years is presented.
Brin
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Department of Orthodontics, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
Fuks
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Guelmann
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Hirschfeld
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D002648:Child; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008437:Maxilla; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D019233:Retreatment; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D018677:Tooth Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000293:injuries