Surgical and orthodontic conduct in the treatment of mesiodens: a case report

Gen Dent. 2007 Mar-Apr;55(2):136-40.

Abstract

This article reports a clinical case involving an 8-year-old boy with two mesiodentes. The supernumerary teeth caused both a functional alteration (malocclusion) and an esthetic one (interincisal diastema), both of which affected his quality of living. Surgical removal of the supernumerary teeth and orthodontic follow-up was proposed, in agreement with the treatment established in the literature. This treatment produced satisfactory results in terms of both esthetics and functionality.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Diastema / etiology
  • Diastema / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Malocclusion, Angle Class I / etiology
  • Malocclusion, Angle Class I / therapy
  • Orthodontics, Corrective
  • Tooth / pathology
  • Tooth Extraction
  • Tooth, Impacted / etiology
  • Tooth, Supernumerary / complications
  • Tooth, Supernumerary / surgery
  • Tooth, Supernumerary / therapy*