Guided Surgical Exposure of Impacted Maxillary Canine: A Case Report
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 11
Abstract
The maxillary canines are the second most commonly impacted permanent teeth after the third molars. This case report describes the management impacted maxillary canine with over retained deciduous canine. Closed eruption technique was selected for exposure of impacted canine. First deciduous canine was extracted after incision & reflection of flap. Then second step included surgical exposure with closed eruption technique and traction of the impacted canine with fixed orthodontic appliance. As closed eruption technique replicates natural tooth eruption & therefore it can produce better esthetic & periodontal results. Keywords: maxillary canines, permanent teeth, Impaction
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Ravi Popat, Sandip Thakkar, Amit Patel
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