title: [Sequence orthodontic treatment of impacted dilacerated maxillary central incisors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore an effective orthodontic method for treating impacted dilacerated maxillary central incisors.
  
  
  METHODS
  12 impacted teeth of 11 cases were chosen. The position of the impacted teeth and the relations with neighbour tissues were assessed by X-ray images, oral examination and plaster model, etc. The impacted teeth were induced to erupt with the closed-eruption technique and fixed orthodontic appliances, root canal therapy, apicoectomy and prosthetic treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  12 impacted teeth were moved into arches, and the occlusal relationship was normal. There were no root resorption or conglutination in those impacted teeth. The labial impacted teeth of nine cases had bigger labial crown torsion. The root apexes of four impacted teeth were palpable under mucosa of the labial sulcus and operated by root canal therapy and apicoectomy. One of them received prosthetic treatment. Others (five cases) hadn't accepted root canal therapy, and were observed temporarily. The effects of two palatal impacted teeth was stable.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was a good method to expand indication with sequence orthodontic treatment. The impacted dilacerated maxillary central incisors could be aligned with good esthetical and functional effect.
authors: Dept. of Orthodontics, College of Stomatology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China.
authors: Yi
authors: Y
authors: Zheng
authors: Xuannai
authors: X
authors: Pang
authors: Lan
authors: L
authors: Nan
authors: Shuixue
authors: S
authors: Mo
mesh_terms: D001641:Bicuspid; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D008437:Maxilla; D009967:Orthodontic Appliances; D019228:Tooth Crown; D014078:Tooth Eruption; D014092:Tooth Root; D014095:Tooth, Impacted