Orthodontic treatment of a midline diastema related to mesiodens and thumb-sucking habit Tratamento ortodôntico de um diastema mediano relacionado a mesiodens e hábito de sucção digital
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Case Description: After orthodontic diagnosis, treatment undertaken was the surgical removal of the mesiodens and the use of a palatal crib therapy in order to discontinue the thumb habit. Then, orthodontic brackets were bonded on maxillary central incisors and the diastema closed allowing the spontaneous irruption of the maxillary laterals incisors. When acceptable levels of overbite and overjet were achieved and the habit was controlled, the orthodontic treatment was discontinued.
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