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Alignment of transposed mandibular lateral incisor and canine using removable appliances
Author(s) -
Canoglu E,
Kocadereli I,
Turgut MD
Publication year - 2009
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/j.1834-7819.2009.01130.x
Subject(s) - lateral incisor , mandibular lateral incisor , mandibular canine , medicine , incisor , orthodontics , dentistry , permanent teeth , transposition (logic) , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , maxillary canine , maxillary central incisor , mandibular first molar , computer science , molar , biology , botany , artificial intelligence , genus
The purpose of this paper was to present the management of a rarely encountered transposition anomaly involving the mandibular permanent lateral incisor and the canine. In the literature, the treatment of this type of anomaly involves fixed orthodontic appliances. The treatment of the present case, however, was performed with removable appliances. Transposition of the permanent mandibular right lateral incisor and the permanent mandibular right canine was detected in a 12 year old girl. The primary mandibular right canine was extracted to enable the distal movement of the permanent lateral incisor by the eruption force of the permanent canine. The transposed teeth were then aligned in the arch by using removable appliances. The forms of the teeth were changed with each other with composite restorations.