title: Orthodontic treatment of a patient with multiple supernumerary teeth and mental retardation.
abstract: Supernumerary teeth may lead to impaction or ectopic eruption of maxillary incisors, crowding, oronasal fistula, follicular cyst, migration of adjacent teeth and root resorption. In this presentation, an 11-year-old male patient with 4 supernumerary teeth in the maxillary anterior region and a slight mental retardation problem will be presented. After extraction of the supernumerary teeth, the large space created by distal migration of central incisors was closed by orthodontic treatment. Although initial patient compliance was weak and caused difficulties in the course of treatment, orthodontic treatment was completed successfully.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uzamis
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008311:Malocclusion, Angle Class I / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D019516:Orthodontic Space Closure; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects; D014085:Tooth Migration / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014096:Tooth, Supernumerary / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*