TREATMENT OF PERMANENT FIRST MOLAR BY MODIFIED HALTERMAN APPLIANCE

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Journal of the Korean Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 1997;24(4):771-775.
Published online November 30, 1997.

TREATMENT OF PERMANENT FIRST MOLAR BY MODIFIED HALTERMAN APPLIANCE

Modified Halterman Appliance를 이용한 제 1대구치 이소맹출의 치험례

김영재, 김종철, 손동수

서울대학교 치과대학 소아치과학교실 치학연구소

Abstract

Ectopic eruption is defined as abnormal eruption and results in malpositioned teeth and abnormal root resorption of adjacent teeth. Ectopic eruption, first reported by Chapman, occurs in 3% of the population and that mostly in the maxilla. Etiologic factors include narrow maxilla, large maxillary teeth, retarded calcification of the first molar, inclined eruption path of the first molar and retruded position of the maxilla. Impaction of the second molar is rare and occurs mostly in the mandible. Major causes are large teeth and insufficient arch length. Halterman has devised a method of distalizing a ectopically erupting first molar by cementing a band on the second deciduous molar with a hook soldered and a button bonded to the occlusal surface of the first permanent molar. Ectopically erupted posterior teeth should be treated early to maintain normal development of the dentition, harmony of facial growth and occlusal support, a failure to do so could result in severe malocclusion, periodontal damage and continued root resorption of the adjacent teeth. Early detection and treatment is thus vital. The author is submitting this report as he has obtained favorable results in treating a patient who came to the SNUDH Dept. of Pediatric Dentistry complaining of the first molar by using a modified Halterman appliance.