title: Treatment of an upper impacted cuspid using ultrasonic surgery and a modified RPE. A case report.
abstract: This case report describes the possibility to use a modified rapid palatal expander like anchorage to reposition an included maxillary cuspid. Moreover it is enphasized the use of an ultrasonic device during surgery to expose the impacted tooth.
authors.affiliation: vigrenga@tin.it
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Grenga
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bovi
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schiavoni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003481:Cuspid / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D052280:Orthodontic Anchorage Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D016910:Orthodontic Brackets; D050793:Orthodontic Extrusion / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009969:Orthodontic Wires; D010155:Palatal Expansion Technique / Q000295:instrumentation; D059745:Piezosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy