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Published Online: Jan 24, 2024
Page range: 191 - 198
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-1993-0003
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© 1993 Gek Kiow Goh et al., published by Sciendo
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The causes of tooth impaction are as numerous as are ways to manage the problem. Treatment is usually instituted only after an unfavourable eruption prognosis of the impacted tooth has been established from radiographic and clinical examination. Advantages of guided eruption and surgical removal have to be weighed. Fifteen cases of various degrees of impaction, difficulty of treatment, complications and failures of eruption are discussed.