Treatment of a patient with a crowded Class I malocclusion and a congenitally missing mandibular incisor.

Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop

Division of Orthodontics, School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Columbia University, 635 W. 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA.

Published: December 2002

This case report describes the management of maxillary and mandibular crowding in a patient with facial esthetic concerns and a tooth-size discrepancy due to a missing mandibular central incisor. The treatment included extracting the remaining mandibular central incisor and the 2 maxillary first premolars. The mandibular canines were repositioned to substitute for lateral incisors, and the mandibular premolars were used as canines.

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