Open AccessManagement of a rare case of impacted primary central incisors in a 3-year-old child
Author(s) -
Anamika Sharma,
Pooja Sood,
Amandeep Singh,
Suresh K Sachdeva
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.105024
Subject(s) - impaction , medicine , maxillary central incisor , dentistry , impacted tooth , orthodontics , primary tooth , computed tomography , incisor , cone beam computed tomography , radiology , molar
Impaction of primary anterior teeth is very rare. A tooth that fails to erupt into normal functional position by the time it normally should is considered impacted. A rare case of impacted dilacerated maxillary primary incisors in a 3-year-old child is presented. The diagnostic position of impacted primary incisors was determined using conical beam computed tomography (CBCT) to assist in surgical intervention with least surgical trauma to the tissues.