Concepts for the treatment of adolescent patients with missing permanent teeth.
BACKGROUND
Missing permanent teeth is observed with syndromes or is frequently hereditarily propagated in families. The treatment of these patients is a multi-task of specialists of oral surgery, orthodontics and prosthodontics.


CONCLUSIONS
Despite functional and aesthetic considerations, the main problem of all treatment is that it had to be performed in a growing child. This article discusses the conventional and implant-driven concepts to treat patients from childhood to adolescence with selective or multiple missing permanent teeth.
Behr
M
M
Department of Prosthodontics, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, Regensburg, Germany. michael.behr@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
Driemel
O
O
Mertins
V
V
Gerlach
T
T
Kolbeck
C
C
Rohr
N
N
Reichert
T E
TE
Handel
G
G
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000848:Anodontia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000379:methods; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D017266:Dental Prosthesis; D019229:Dentition, Permanent; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible; D008437:Maxilla; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000379:methods*; D011476:Prosthodontics / Q000379:methods; D014071:Tooth Abnormalities / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy