Open AccessTransmigration of impacted mandibular canine with the development of dentigerous cyst: Surgical extraction or orthodontic alignment?
Author(s) -
Shreya Singh,
Akhilesh Kumar Singh,
Naresh Kumar Sharma,
TP Chaturvedi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of dental and allied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2277-6672
pISSN - 2277-4696
DOI - 10.4103/2277-4696.205437
Subject(s) - dentigerous cyst , mandibular canine , orthodontics , dentistry , medicine , cyst , surgery
Transmigration of impacted mandibular canine is an uncommon clinical entity. In this condition, not only the tooth fails to erupt in its normal position, but also it crosses the midline within the mandible. The orthodontic correction of this condition is rather impossible. In case of development of dentigerous cyst associated with the impacted canine, surgical extraction along with the enucleation of the cyst is the only treatment of choice. We present a similar case managed surgically in a 13-year-old male adolescent