Dental transposition of canine and lateral incisor and impacted central incisor treatment: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Dental transposition and impaction are disorders related to ectopic eruption or failure in tooth eruption, which can affect child physical, mental and social development and may be difficult to be clinically solved.


METHODS
We describe a case of transposition between the upper left canine and lateral incisor associated with impaction of the central incisor on the same side, in a 12-year-old patient. Conservative treatment involving surgical-orthodontic correction of transposed teeth and traction of the central incisor was conducted.


CONCLUSIONS
The option of correcting transposition and orthodontic traction by means of the segmented arch technique with devices such as cantilever and TMA rectangular wire loops, although a complex alternative, was proved to be esthetically and functionally effective.
Tarcisio Jacinto
TJ
Gebert
Vinícius Canavarros
VC
Palma
Alvaro Henrique
AH
Borges
Luiz Evaristo Ricci
LE
Volpato
D002648:Child; D003481:Cuspid / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000473:pathology*; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology*; D016382:Orthodontic Appliance Design; D016910:Orthodontic Brackets; D009969:Orthodontic Wires; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D013027:Space Maintenance, Orthodontic / Q000295:instrumentation; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000601:surgery; D014079:Tooth Eruption, Ectopic / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*
Corrective orthodontics; Ectopic tooth eruption; Impacted tooth