Surgical Management of Super Numerary Tooth and an Impacted Maxillary Permanent Central Incisor: A Case Report| Stephy Publishers
SOJ Dental and Oral Disorder - (SOJDOD) | Stephy Publishers ISSN 2768-6221 Abstract Impaction of Maxillary Permanent incisor due to super numrary tooth is not a common entity encountered in dental practice but when present, it poses a disturbing esthetic dilemma to children and their parents. Early diagnosis and interception in these cases is the best way for their management. The purpose of this report is to describe the diagnosis and the clinical management of an impacted supernumerary tooth, which impeded the eruption of the permanent maxillary central incisor. Keywords Dentistry, Tooth, Treatment Introduction Super numerary tooth, or hyper dontiais defined as a development a anomaly of number characterized by the presence of an extra tooth in addition when compared to the normal formula. 1,2 The termmesiodens refers to a super numerary tooth located in the anterior region between the maxillary central incisors. It presents clinically the most ...