title: Surgical and orthodontic conduct in the treatment of mesiodens: a case report.
abstract: This article reports a clinical case involving an 8-year-old boy with two mesiodentes. The supernumerary teeth caused both a functional alteration (malocclusion) and an esthetic one (interincisal diastema), both of which affected his quality of living. Surgical removal of the supernumerary teeth and orthodontic follow-up was proposed, in agreement with the treatment established in the literature. This treatment produced satisfactory results in terms of both esthetics and functionality.
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goursand
authors.forename: Maria Leticia
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ramos-Jorge
authors.forename: Gomes Carlos
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: de Oliveria
authors.forename: Alexandre Fortes
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Drummond
authors.forename: Zarzar Patricia Maria Pereira
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: de Araujo
authors.forename: Saul Martins
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Paiva
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003970:Diastema / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008311:Malocclusion, Angle Class I / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D014070:Tooth / Q000473:pathology; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000209:etiology; D014096:Tooth, Supernumerary / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*