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<p>A ten-year-old boy presented with an unerupted upper right central incisor (UR1). An OPG radiograph showed a super-numerary tooth lying over its crown, preventing its eruption. Standard orthodontic treatment involving removal of the super-numerary tooth, attaching a gold chain to the UR1 and treatment with fixed orthodontic appliances failed to bring the tooth down, until it was found that tough fibrous gingival tissue entwined in the gold chain had “ankylosed” the tooth. Once this tissue had been removed and the wound packed open, the tooth was brought down successfully into occlusion.</p>
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A ten-year-old boy presented with an unerupted upper right central incisor (UR1). An OPG radiograph showed a super-numerary tooth lying over its crown, preventing its eruption. Standard orthodontic treatment involving removal of the super-numerary tooth, attaching a gold chain to the UR1 and treatment with fixed orthodontic appliances failed to bring the tooth down, until it was found that tough fibrous gingival tissue entwined in the gold chain had “ankylosed” the tooth. Once this tissue had been removed and the wound packed open, the tooth was brought down successfully into occlusion.

Treatment of an “ankylosed” upper central incisor in the mixed dentition

Australasian Orthodontic Journal

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A ten-year-old boy presented with an unerupted upper right central incisor (UR1). An OPG radiograph showed a super-numerary tooth lying over its crown,...

Treatment of an “ankylosed” upper central incisor in the mixed dentition

Published Online: Dec 13, 2023

Page range: 104 - 107

Received: Mar 01, 2000

Accepted: May 01, 2000

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2000-0014

© 2000 Robert Cerny, published by Sciendo

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