title: [Orthodontic treatment of a crown-fused tooth after separated and partially extracted: a case report].
abstract: The fused tooth is a kind of teeth developmental malformation whose incidence is approximately 2.31%. Clinically, there are several treatments according to different situation, such as retaining by root canal therapy or extraction. In this paper, a crown-fused tooth was separated and partially extracted, then orthodontic treatment was implemented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Xiao-Hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Ren
mesh_terms: D003442:Crowns; D005671:Fused Teeth; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D008437:Maxilla; D012390:Root Canal Therapy; D019228:Tooth Crown