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Surgical Exposure And Orthodontic Traction Of Unerupted Teeth: A Preliminary Study
Hassan A. El-Abdin, BDS, FDSRCS
Ibrahim Nashashibi, BDS, D.Orth. RCS
Haffizuddin Shaikh, BDS, MDS
King Saud University, College of Dentistry, P.O. Box 60169, Riyadh 11545, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
This study presents a retrospective analysis of patients treated for impacted unerupted teeth by a combined surgical and orthodontic approach. Teeth which were impacted included maxillary and mandibular canines, maxillary central incisors, and maxillary and mandibular bicuspids. Many treatment alternatives are available for these cases, but the one with the best long-term prognosis appears to be the surgical exposure and direct orthodontic traction rather than auto-transplantation, or excision of mucosa and packing of the defect.
Saudi Dental Journal
1995;7(1):17-22
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