title: Spontaneous uprighting of permanent tooth germs after elimination of local eruption obstacles.
abstract: Four clinical cases are presented to demonstrate the self-correcting potential of aberrant tooth germs after the elimination of eruption obstacles (in 2 cases cysts, in 2 other cases severely infraoccluded primary teeth). In the case of the submerging deciduous teeth, the tilted adjacent teeth were orthodontically uprighted after the surgical procedure. Possible causative mechanisms are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, University of the Saarland, Homburg/Saar.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Katsaros
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D001641:Bicuspid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D019229:Dentition, Permanent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007570:Jaw Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014083:Tooth Germ / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014097:Tooth, Unerupted / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*