Management of a rare case of impacted primary central incisors in a 3-year-old child.

J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent

Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, I.T.S Centre for Dental Studies and Research, Murad Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Published: January 2014

Impaction of primary anterior teeth is very rare. A tooth that fails to erupt into normal functional position by the time it normally should is considered impacted. A rare case of impacted dilacerated maxillary primary incisors in a 3-year-old child is presented. The diagnostic position of impacted primary incisors was determined using conical beam computed tomography (CBCT) to assist in surgical intervention with least surgical trauma to the tissues.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-4388.105024DOI Listing

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