Case Report
Year: 2017 | Month: May | Volume: 7 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 422-426
Management of Ectopically Erupting Maxillary Central Incisor Using Removable Appliance
Mehendi Tirkey1, Subrata Saha2, Ashok Vijoy Sengupta3, Subir Sarkar4
1Junior Resident, 2Professor, 3Associate Professor, 4Professor and Head,
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Dr. R Ahmed Dental College and Hospital, Kolkata
Corresponding Author: Mehendi Tirkey
ABSTRACT
Ectopic eruption is a deviation from normal eruption pattern. The occurrence of ectopic eruption is most commonly associated with maxillary incisors. The normal eruption, position and morphology of these teeth are crucial to craniofacial development, facial esthetics as well as for phonetics. Various etiological factors may be responsible for ectopic eruption of teeth, so their management depends on the correction of the established etiological factor. The present case report describes a case of ectopically erupting right central incisor with incisal edge encased within inner soft tissue of upper lip, which was treated by removable orthodontic appliance.
Key words: Ectopic eruption, pseudo-pouch, intrusion, removable orthodontic appliance, split labial bow.