title: Regional odontodysplasia: orthodontic treatment and transplantation of premolars.
abstract: Regional odontodysplasia is a rare and unique dental anomaly involving both dentitions, but mostly the teeth of 1 quadrant. This report describes the combined surgical and orthodontic treatment of a boy with regional odontodysplasia. The mandibular right central and lateral incisors and the canine (as well as the deciduous predecessors) were affected. In a 2-step procedure, the maxillary right and left second premolars were autotransplanted to the affected area. The extraction sites in the maxilla were closed, and a good functional occlusion was established.
authors.affiliation: D.-Martin-Luther-Straße 14, D-93047 Regensburg, Germany. praxis@drziegler.de
authors.forename: Sigmund
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ziegler
authors.forename: Friedrich W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Neukam
mesh_terms: D001641:Bicuspid / Q000637:transplantation*; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018126:Odontodysplasia / Q000628:therapy*; D019516:Orthodontic Space Closure; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014081:Tooth Extraction