Treatment of a Class I crowded malocclusion with an ankylosed maxillary central incisor.
This article describes a Class I crowded malocclusion with an ankylosed maxillary central incisor that was in infraocclusion and labially displaced. Various treatment alternatives are discussed, and the option of extracting the ankylosed tooth followed by space closure with lateral incisor substitution is developed.
Sabri
Roy
R
Orthodontics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon. roysabri@dm.net.lb
D001641:Bicuspid / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008311:Malocclusion, Angle Class I / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D016910:Orthodontic Brackets; D009969:Orthodontic Wires; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D012391:Root Resorption / Q000150:complications; D012690:Serial Extraction; D020254:Tooth Ankylosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome