title: Management of an impacted, dilacerated mandibular left permanent first molar: a case report.
abstract: A case of an unerupted mandibular left permanent first molar, a partially erupted permanent second molar, and a congenitally absent third molar in a 12-year-old girl is described. The permanent first molar, being dilacerated and impacted, required surgical exposure of the crowns of the first and second molars and distalization of the second molar, with the help of a space regainer, to bring the molars into occlusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, ABSM Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India. hegdesahana@hotmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hegde
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Munshi
mesh_terms: D000848:Anodontia / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible; D008963:Molar / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000002:abnormalities; D014078:Tooth Eruption; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D014097:Tooth, Unerupted / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy