Treatment of Class II open bite complicated by an ankylosed maxillary central incisor

Angle Orthod. 2011 Jul;81(4):726-35. doi: 10.2319/102010-578.1. Epub 2011 Feb 21.

Abstract

Ankylosed teeth in growing patients cause troublesome dentoalveolar problems and require special therapeutic care for accomplishing long-term esthetic and functional results. The various treatment modalities for ankylosed teeth include reconstruction after extraction, surgical extrusive luxation, individual segmental osteotomy or corticotomy, and alveolar distraction osteogenesis. This report describes a case of a 13-year-old boy with anterior open bite complicated by an ankylosed maxillary central incisor that was managed by corticotomy-facilitated orthodontic treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Alveolar Process / surgery
  • Cephalometry
  • Humans
  • Incisor / pathology
  • Male
  • Malocclusion, Angle Class II / complications
  • Malocclusion, Angle Class II / therapy*
  • Maxilla
  • Open Bite / complications
  • Open Bite / therapy*
  • Orthodontic Extrusion*
  • Tooth Ankylosis / complications
  • Tooth Ankylosis / surgery
  • Tooth Ankylosis / therapy*