Orthodontic management of faciolingual horizontally impacted maxillary central incisor.
This paper describes the successful alignment of a horizontally impacted maxillary central incisor positioned high in the vestibule, in a 15-year-old girl, by purely orthodontic means. A unique and innovative technique for traction was employed so as to cause minimal injury to the neighboring soft tissue. The article is a step forward in establishing the predictability of orthodontic alignment in management of such cases, which may become the method of choice over extractions or surgical repositionings.
Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Oral Health Sciences Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. chawlahs@glide.co.in
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D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000473:pathology*; D050793:Orthodontic Extrusion / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*