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| Year : 2012 | Volume
: 30
| Issue : 3 | Page : 271-274 |
Management of a rare case of impacted primary central incisors in a 3-year-old child
A Sharma1, PB Sood1, A Singh2, S Sachdeva1
1 Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, I.T.S Centre for Dental Studies and Research, Murad Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, I.T.S Centre for Dental Studies and Research, Murad Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
A Sharma
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, I.T.S Centre for Dental Studies and Research, A 18, Ground Floor, Lajpat Nagar-III, New Delhi
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-4388.105024
Impaction of primary anterior teeth is very rare. A tooth that fails to erupt into normal functional position by the time it normally should is considered impacted. A rare case of impacted dilacerated maxillary primary incisors in a 3-year-old child is presented. The diagnostic position of impacted primary incisors was determined using conical beam computed tomography (CBCT) to assist in surgical intervention with least surgical trauma to the tissues.
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