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Long‐term follow‐up of conservative treatment of severely traumatized maxillary incisors
Author(s) -
Brin I.,
Fuks A.,
Guelmann M.,
Hirschfeld Z.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
dental traumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.82
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1600-9657
pISSN - 1600-4469
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-9657.1997.tb00037.x
Subject(s) - term (time) , medicine , dentistry , conservative treatment , orthodontics , maxillary central incisor , surgery , physics , quantum mechanics
We present the case of a 26‐year‐old man who at the age of 9 suffered severe trauma to both maxillary central incisors. The underlying malocclusion was skeletal and classified as dental Class II/1 with severe crowding. Both the maxillary central incisors and the two lower first premolars were extracted and the patient was treated with an edgewise appliance for 2 years. Acceptable occlusal relationships were achieved following orthodontic and adjunctive treatment which consisted of reshaping the maxillary lateral incisors with composite materials and grinding the canines to resemble lateral incisors. A critical evaluation of the esthetic and functional results at the age of 26 years is presented.