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Surgical treatment of ankylosed and infrapositioned reimplanted incisors in adolescents
Author(s) -
MALMGREN BARBRO,
CVEK MIOMIR,
LUNDBERG MARGARETA,
FRYKHOLM ANDERS
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
european journal of oral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.802
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1600-0722
pISSN - 0909-8836
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0722.1984.tb00907.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , incisor , orthodontics
– A method for preserving the alveolar ridge of ankylosed and infrapositioned incisors and improving conditions for a subsequent prosthetic therapy is described and evaluated clinically and radiographically. The method involves removal of the crown and root filling from the root, which is retained and covered with a mucoperiosteal flap. Clinically, there were no postoperative complications and after the follow‐up a satisfactory prosthetic restoration was performed in all cases, regardless of the degree of infraposition before treatment. Radiographically, no pathologic changes were observed apart from a continuous resorption and replacement of lost root substance by bone. Alveolar bone level shifted only slightly between postoperative and 12‐month follow‐up radiographs, in a majority of cases in a coronal direction.