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Partial luxation and displacement of tooth during treatment of malocclusion using light‐wire fixed appliances – therapeutic procedure
Author(s) -
MalinowskaJedraszczyk A,
Wozniak K
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/adj.12061
Subject(s) - displacement (psychology) , medicine , dentistry , malocclusion , orthodontics , psychology , psychotherapist
Facial trauma sustained during an accident by a 17‐year‐old female patient who wore thin‐wire fixed appliances caused partial luxation and displacement of tooth 21. Because it was attached to a fixed appliance, the tooth did not lose contact with the socket, which significantly improved the prognosis. This study describes the method, course and result of the treatment carried out over a two‐year period after the trauma occurred.

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