Interdisciplinary orthodontic-periodontal treatment of unerupted permanent maxillary incisors following traumatic injury to deciduous teeth. Case report with long-term follow-up (11 years).

Orthodontic and periodontal treatment of the permanent maxillary teeth, which were retained due to trauma on the deciduous dentition, showed a perfect alignment of the teeth associated with healthy and stable periodontal tissues during an 11-year follow-up.

Agenesis of a maxillary lateral incisor associated with bilateral canine inclusions: A noninvasive multidisciplinary approach.

Objective: The treatment of congenitally missing maxillary lateral incisors is often complex and requires a multidisciplinary approach, which demands continuous collaboration among the different specialists involved in the rehabilitation. In young patients, implant therapy or the preparation of intact teeth for fixed prostheses is not indicated.

Clinical Considerations: Two complex cases of double maxillary canine inclusion were treated with combined surgical, orthodontic, and conservative prosthetic treatments.

Ultra-Thin Veneers Without Tooth Preparation in Extensive Oligodontia.

Dental agenesis is the most commonly encountered dental anomaly in humans. Oligodontia, however, is a rare condition that involves the congenital absence of six or more teeth, excluding the third molars. Treatment of oligodontia requires an interdisciplinary approach.

Esthetic treatment of a diffuse amelogenesis imperfecta using pressed lithium disilicate and feldspathic ceramic restorations: 5-year follow up.

Objective: The treatment of a diffuse and severe case of amelogenesis imperfecta represents a challenge for the dental team and in particular for the dentist who perform the prosthetic restorations.

Clinical Considerations: The enamel alterations, which are characteristic of the disease, determine different problems that need to be carefully planned and solved before the beginning of the treatment, with particular regard to the materials used to perform the restorations. In order to create the best conditions to perform the prosthetic restoration, the treatment plan should be multidisciplinary.

Two bilateral transposed and infraosseus impacted maxillary canines: a two-step combined periodontal and orthodontic approach.

An extremely rare case presenting two bilateral transposed and infraosseus impacted maxillary canines was treated with a combined two-step periodontal and orthodontic technique. The canines were transposed mesially and buccally to the lateral incisors, close to the midline and in a horizontal position. Direct orthodontically guided traction of the teeth toward the center of the alveolar ridge was not possible due to the roots of the lateral incisors.

Factors affecting the clinical approach to impacted maxillary canines: A Bayesian network analysis.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to apply Bayesian networks to evaluate the relative role and possible causal relationships among various factors affecting the diagnosis and final treatment outcome of impacted maxillary canines.

Methods: A total of 168 patients with infraosseous impacted maxillary canines had a combined surgical-orthodontic approach aimed to guide the impacted tooth to the center of the alveolar ridge. Demographic, orthodontic, and periodontal variables were recorded and analyzed by means of Bayesian network analysis.

Tunnel technique for the treatment of impacted mandibular canines.

The tunnel technique is a combined therapeutic approach that includes both surgical exposure of the impacted canine and orthodontic traction of the tooth to the center of the alveolar ridge, followed by final orthodontic alignment. A healthy periodontium at the completion of therapy is the expected outcome. The tunnel technique has been shown to be effective in the treatment of impacted maxillary canines and can be suggested for the treatment of infraosseous impacted canines in the mandible when the corresponding primary canine is still present.

Combined surgical and orthodontic approach to reproduce the physiologic eruption pattern in impacted canines: report of 25 patients.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the periodontal variables of impacted maxillary canines that were treated with a combined surgical and orthodontic approach aimed at reproducing the physiologic eruption pattern of canines. Twenty-five patients who presented with unilateral impacted maxillary canines were consecutively enrolled (age range, 13.2 to 23.

Orthodontic and periodontal outcomes of treated impacted maxillary canines.

Objective: To evaluate the influence of pretreatment radiographic features (alpha-angle, d-distance, and s-sector) on (1) the duration of active orthodontic traction and (2) the posttreatment periodontal status (pocket depth [PD] and keratinized tissue width [KT]) of impacted maxillary canines treated by a combined surgical (flap approach) and orthodontic (direct traction to the center of the ridge) treatment.

Material And Methods: A study population of 168 patients (168 canines) was evaluated. Multiple regression analysis was used.

Pre-treatment radiographic features for the periodontal prognosis of treated impacted canines.

Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the prognostic role of the pre-treatment radiographic features on the post-treatment periodontal status of intra-osseous impacted maxillary canines.

Material And Methods: A study population of 168 patients (211 canines) was evaluated at the end of the overall surgical-orthodontic treatment consisting of a combined surgical (flap) and orthodontic (direct traction to the centre of the ridge) approach. The pre-treatment variables on the panoramic radiograph were alpha-angle, d-distance and s-sector while the post-treatment periodontal variables were pocket depth (PD) and keratinized tissue width (KT).

Orthodontic treatment of impacted maxillary canines: an appraisal of prognostic factors.

Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of pre-treatment radiographic features (alpha-angle, d-distance and s-sector) on the duration of active orthodontic traction of impacted maxillary canines treated by a combined surgical (flap approach) and orthodontic (direct traction to the center of the ridge) treatment.

Material And Methods: A study population of 168 patients (168 canines) was evaluated. Multiple regression analysis was used.

Short- and long-term periodontal evaluation of impacted canines treated with a closed surgical-orthodontic approach.

Aim: The aims were to evaluate and compare the periodontal status of unilateral impacted maxillary canines treated by a combined surgical-orthodontic technique with that of normally erupted controlateral canines.

Material And Methods: One hundred and twenty-five patients, consecutively enrolled, aged between 12.8 and 52.