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KAzancı F., ÇELİKOĞLU M., Ceylan I.
Atatürk Üniversitesi Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi Dergisi, vol.19, no.3, pp.187-191, 2009 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Abstract
ABSTRACT
An anomaly in the eruption path of anterior
teeth can interfere with facial aesthetics and cause the
impaction of these teeth. The frequency of maxillary
incisor impaction ranges from 0.06% to 0.2%. The
most common causes of impaction of anterior teeth
seem to be odontoma, supernumerary teeth, and loss
of space. This case report presents the orthodontic
treatment of an impacted maxillary central incisor
caused by a supernumerary tooth located in the
eruption path of the impacted tooth. After the
extraction of supernumerary tooth, the patient was
checked for 8 months wheather impacted maxillary
central erupted spontaneously or not, and then
present maloclusions were orthodontically treated. It
was detected in the radiographs that impacted
maxillary central erupted spontaneously. Hence, the
patient was treated without the need for a surgery
operation which can effect facial aesthetic negatively.