| DENTAL SCIENCE - CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 6 | Page : 728-730 |
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Management of horizontally impacted dilacerated lateral incisor
Anil Kumar Katta1, Revathi Peddu1, Venkataramana Vannala2, Vaishnavi Dasari3
1 Department of Orthodontics, Sibar Dental College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
2 Department of Orthodontics, Panineeya Mahavidhyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences, Kamalanagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
3 Departmen of Endodontics, St. Joseph Dental College, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Anil Kumar Katta
Department of Orthodontics, Sibar Dental College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-7406.163504
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Impaction of maxillary lateral incisor with odontome and retained deciduous tooth is not often seen in regular dental practice. Impaction of anterior teeth cause generalized spacing which affects the esthetics of the face. Here we report a case of an 18-year-old patient with horizontally impacted dilacerated lateral incisor, which was bought into occlusion with the help of orthodontic tooth movement within a span of 18 months. |
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