title: Surgical Derotation Technique: A Novel Approach in the Management of Rotated Immature Permanent Incisor.
abstract: Surgical derotation is a method of placing a rotated tooth in normal alignment in a dental arch; surgically, immediately and permanently. It is a potentially convenient and cost-effective treatment modality as compared to conventional orthodontic procedure for rotated maxillary incisor with open apex. Here is a presentation of a severely rotated maxillary left permanent central incisor in a nine and half years old girl, with a radiographic evidence of immature root apex which was surgically derotated, orthodontically retroclined and intruded to its normal position. Postsurgical clinical and radiographic evaluation was done for a period of one and half years to confirm the vitality and continued physiological root formation of the affected tooth. How to cite this article: Dutta B, Krishnapriya V, Sriram CH, Reddy MKR. Surgical Derotation Technique: A Novel Approach in the Management of Rotated Immature Permanent Incisor. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2015;8(3):220-223.
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
authors.forename: Brahmananda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Army College of Dental Sciences, Secunderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Krishnapriya
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Pedodontics of Preventive Dentistry, MNR Dental College, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Sriram
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Pedodontics of Preventive Dentistry, MNR Dental College, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Maheshwar Kr
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Reddy
keywords: Open apex; Relapse; Splinting; Surgical derotation.