title: Treatment protocol for the impaction of deciduous maxillary anterior teeth due to compound  odontoma.
abstract: The purpose of this paper was to describe the dental and surgical management of the impaction of deciduous  maxillary anterior teeth due to compound odontoma. In all analysed patients impaction of the maxillary deciduous canine  was associated with the presence of an odontoma. Therefore, impaction of the maxillary deciduous canine can be  considered as pathognomonic of the presence of an intraosseous odontoma. The analysis of the described cases showed  that early diagnosis and early removal of the odontoma are essential in improving the prognosis of the involved teeth. Early  treatment allows the impacted tooth to re-start the physiological eruption. A conservative surgical approach is advisable in  order to minimise damage to the impacted teeth and preserve their normal timing and path of  eruption.
authors.affiliation: Dept. Orthodontics, University of Florence, Italy. guiliaconti81@yahoo.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Franchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Camporesi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Defraia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003481:Cuspid / Q000473:pathology*; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D009810:Odontoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014078:Tooth Eruption / Q000502:physiology; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques / Q000379:methods; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000473:pathology*; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*