Management of horizontally impacted dilacerated lateral incisor.

J Pharm Bioallied Sci

Departmen of Endodontics, St. Joseph Dental College, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Published: August 2015

Impaction of maxillary lateral incisor with odontome and retained deciduous tooth is not often seen in regular dental practice. Impaction of anterior teeth cause generalized spacing which affects the esthetics of the face. Here we report a case of an 18-year-old patient with horizontally impacted dilacerated lateral incisor, which was bought into occlusion with the help of orthodontic tooth movement within a span of 18 months.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4606696PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-7406.163504DOI Listing

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