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Maxillary central incisor impactions occur infrequently. Their origins include various local causes, such as odontoma, supernumerary teeth, and space loss. Supernumerary and ectopically impacted teeth are asymptomatic and found during routine clinical or radiological examinations. The surgical exposure and orthodontic traction of bilaterally impacted central incisors after removal of impacted s...

This case report presents the interceptive orthodontic treatment of a 9-year, 5-month-old boy with class I malocclusion, a 9.0-mm maxillary midline diastema, and deviation from the midline. The treatment goals were to decrease the magnitude of the diastema and to simulate the characteristics of the "ugly duckling" stage. Braces were placed on the first molars and the maxillary central incisors....

T alon cusp refers to a cusp-like structure project ing from the cingulum area of a maxillary or mandibular anterior tooth. Shafer et al. and Mellor and Ripa reported that talon cusp is uncommon and occurs in maxillary and mandibular permanent incisors. Most cases of the anomaly have been reported in the permanent dentition. Ninety percent of the talon cusps occur in anterior permanent teeth, a...

Neonatal laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation often are required for prematurely born, low birthweight children. Previous studies have shown that these procedures are associated with a high prevalence of enamel hypoplasia of the maxillary anterior teeth. The present case report, which describes dilaceration of a left maxillary primary central incisor probably resulting from laryngoscopy, st...

Introduction. Root fractures, defined as fractures involving dentine, cementum, and pulpal and supportive tissues, constitute only 0.5-7% of all dental injuries. Horizontal root fractures are commonly observed in the maxillary anterior region and 75% of these fractures occur in the maxillary central incisors. Methods. A 14-year-old female patient was referred to our clinic three days after a tr...

A talon cusp is a dental anomaly commonly occurring in the permanent dentition compared to the primary dentition. It commonly affects the maxillary anterior teeth. In primary dentition, the most commonly affected tooth is the maxillary central incisors. This is a rare case report of a 5-year-old male patient with a talon cusp affecting the mandibular primary lateral incisor. Recognition and tre...

We present a girl with del(18p) syndrome and a single maxillary central incisor; she is only the second patient in whom this association has been reported. Del(18p) syndrome results from deletion of all or part of the short arm of chromosome 18 and is probably the second most frequent autosomal deletion syndrome. It is associated with a recognisable clinical phenotype, which includes some degre...