Treatment of a patient with a crowded Class I malocclusion and a congenitally missing mandibular incisor.
This case report describes the management of maxillary and mandibular crowding in a patient with facial esthetic concerns and a tooth-size discrepancy due to a missing mandibular central incisor. The treatment included extracting the remaining mandibular central incisor and the 2 maxillary first premolars. The mandibular canines were repositioned to substitute for lateral incisors, and the mandibular premolars were used as canines.
Curiel
Patrick
P
Division of Orthodontics, School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Columbia University, 635 W. 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Santoro
Margherita
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000848:Anodontia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D002508:Cephalometry; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000601:surgery; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005115:Extraoral Traction Appliances; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities; D008311:Malocclusion, Angle Class I / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D008334:Mandible; D009811:Odontometry; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques