Open AccessDiastema-The Treatment Dilemma
Author(s) -
Devinder Sharma,
Abhishek Dhindsa,
Sanjay Chachra,
Reema Rani,
Kumar Shrikant,
Manisha Sharma
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international healthcare research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-8090
DOI - 10.26440/ihrj/0307.10293
Subject(s) - diastema , medicine , supernumerary , orthodontics , dentistry , radiography , maxillary central incisor , permanent dentition , surgery , dentition
Spacing between adjacent teeth is known as Diastema, many of the patients seek closure of diastema for aesthetic reasons. Diastema less than 2 mm close spontaneously ,if they do not do so then they should not be straightaway corrected rather a thorough clinical and radiographic examination should done to determine the underlying cause and to rule out anomalies, such as the presence of any supernumerary tooth or odontoma’s which should be ruled out before going on for orthodontic therapy. The purpose of this article is to present and discuss the case of a 9-year old child with the chief complaint of spacing between the maxillary right permanent central incisor and right permanent lateral incisor. Radioopaque calcified masses were seen in the radiograph and was diagnosed with compound odontome followed by the surgical removal of the calcified masses.