DELAYED TOOTH ERUPTION GUIDED BY SPONTANEOUS TOOTH ERUPTION: CASE REPORT

Kwon, Ji-Hoon; Park, Ho-Won; Lee, Ju-Hyun; Seo, Hyun-Woo

Journal of the Korean Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 2007;34(4):694-699.
Published online November 30, 2007.

DELAYED TOOTH ERUPTION GUIDED BY SPONTANEOUS TOOTH ERUPTION: CASE REPORT

Ji-Hoon Kwon, Ho-Won Park, Ju-Hyun Lee, Hyun-Woo Seo

Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Oral Science Research Center, College of Dentistry, Kangnung National University

맹출 지연 영구치의 자발적 맹출 유도 : 증례보고

권지훈, 박호원, 이주현, 서현우

강릉대학교 치과대학 소아치과학교실 및 구강과학연구소

Correspondence: Ho-Won Park, Tel: 82-33-640-3157, Email: pedo@kangnung.ac.kr

Abstract

Delayed tooth eruption is the most commonly encountered deviation from normal eruption time. Racial, ethnic, sexual, and individual factors can influence eruption and are usually considered in determining the standards of normal eruption. Delayed tooth eruption was affect to the dentition and facial growth, so that when it occurred careful evaluation should be performed to establish the cause and the treatment plan accordingly. Present 3 cases of delayed tooth eruption by periapical lesion, underdevelopment of incisior and compound odontoma were successfully treated. In these cases, we could observe spontaneous eruption of the delayed erupting tooth after removal of interrupting factor and space regaining with maintaining.

Key Words: Delayed tooth eruption, Spontaneous tooth eruption