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Miniscrew‐anchored alveolar distraction for the treatment of the ankylosed maxillary central incisor
Author(s) -
Im JaeJung,
Kye MinKyung,
Hwang KyungGyun,
Park ChangJoo
Publication year - 2010
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.1600-9657.2010.00890.x
Subject(s) - medicine , distraction , maxillary central incisor , dentistry , ankylosis , orthodontics , maxillary incisor , dental alveolus , distraction osteogenesis , incisor , alveolar process , lateral incisor , psychology , neuroscience
– This report presents the case of a 20‐year‐old female patient exhibiting an infraoccluded ankylosed maxillary central incisor that was avulsed and replanted after traumatic injury during childhood. To reposition the osseous and gingival margins of the ankylosed tooth to an ideal level, a new alveolar distraction device that uses anchoring miniscrews with a single tooth dento‐osseous osteotomy was fabricated and the ankylosed tooth was successfully treated with exceptional patient compliance.