title: Intrabony migration of impacted teeth.
abstract: Intrabony migration of impacted teeth is a rare dental anomaly, which occurs only in the permanent dentition of the lower jaw. The teeth involved in this phenomenon are the mandibular lateral incisor, canine, and second premolar. Migration of the lateral incisor is usually in a distal direction, resulting in transposition with the canine. Migration of the canine is most frequently in a mesial direction, resulting in transmigration across the mandibular symphysis to the opposite side of the dental arch. The second premolar most often migrates distally, sometimes past the gonial angle and as far as the coronoid process. Surgical and orthodontic treatment options are presented for the three intrabony migrating teeth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Maurice and Gabriella Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. shapi@netvision.net.il
authors.forename: Yehoshua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shapira
authors.forename: Mladen M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Kuftinec
mesh_terms: D001641:Bicuspid / Q000503:physiopathology; D003481:Cuspid / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000503:physiopathology; D008334:Mandible; D014079:Tooth Eruption, Ectopic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000503:physiopathology*