Author/Editor     Blatnik, D; Ovsenik, M; Kopač, I
Title     Ortodontska obravnava aplazije obeh zgornjih stranskih sekalcev - prikaz primera
Translated title     Orthodontic treatment of congenitally missing maxillary lateral incisors - a case report
Type     članek
Source     Zobozdrav Vestn
Vol. and No.     Letnik 62, št. 4-5
Publication year     2007
Volume     str. 147-53
Language     slo
Abstract     Dental aplasia is a developmental anomaly in which a dental germ has failed to develop, resulting in absence of a tooth. These anomalies are classified according to the number of missing teeth as hypodontia, oligodontia or anodontia. Orthodontic treatment of missing maxillary lateral incisors includes closing the gap by moving the canine to the position of the lateral incisor and the first premolar to the position of the canine. The second option is to maintain the space for subsequent placement of an implant or some other form of prosthetic treatment. The main factors that influence the choice of therapy are space conditions in the upper dental arch and the relationship between the jaws. In patients with class 2 malocclusion, crowding and a suitable shape and size of canines and first premolars, closing the gap is generally the treatment of choice. A canine can be an optimal substitute for a missing lateral incisor if it resembles in colour the central incisor, is narrow at the cemento-enamel junction and has an appropriately shaped labial surface. We present a patient with bilaterally missing maxillary lateral incisors who was treated with orthodontic space closure and reshaping of the canine crowns.
Descriptors     INCISOR
ANODONTIA
ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE
ADOLESCENCE