Journal of the Korean Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 2004;31(3):355-361.
Published online August 31, 2004.
ORTHODONTIC TRACTION OF AN IMPACTED MAXILLARY CENTRAL INCISOR
 
변위 매복된 상악 중절치의 교정적 맹출 유도
김재곤, 정진우, 백병주, 양연미, 이용희
전북대학교 치과대학 소아치과학교실 및 구강생체과학연구소
Correspondence:  , 
Abstract
Impaction is generally defined as the lack of eruption of a tooth after the normal age for the eruption. An impacted tooth may appear blocked by another tooth, bone, or soft tissue, but cause of tooth impaction is often unknown. The clinician should consider the various treatment options available : (a) No treatment and observation, (b) surgical exposure and orthodontic traction (c) auto transplantation (d) extraction. These cases were about the patients with delayed eruption of maxillary central incisor. We surgically exposed impacted tooth and guided it into normal position by the orthodontic traction. Especially, in case 1, #21 was ectopic impacted state with root dilaceration. It is required to examine further root development and alignment of dentition serially.
Key Words: Impaction, Central incisor, Orthodontic traction


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