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KMID : 0358920060330040704
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Pedodontics
2006 Volume.33 No. 4 p.704 ~ p.709
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AUTOTRANSPLANTATION OF ECTOPICALLY ERUPTING MAXILLARY ANTERIOR TEETH
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Son Jeong-Min
Choi Nam-Ki
Kim Seon-Mi
Yang Kyu-Ho
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Abstract
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Ectopic eruption should be understood as a change in the course of the normal eruption path of a dental bud at any moment in its origin. Transposition is a unique and extreme form of ectopic eruption. The treatment for ectopic eruption and transposition is various from simple observation to surgical exposure and orthodontic traction, according to direction of erupting tooth degree of developing root apex and eruption space etc. Autotransplantation is transplantation of tooth from one area of the mouth to another in the same individual or is moving a eruption tooth into extraction socket or surgically prepared socket, and autotransplantation is considered as a treatment of choice for the ectopic eruption when orthodontic traction is unable or when tooth movement is limited. These cases which were treated with autotransplantation of maxillary lateral incisor and maxillary canine were reported, and good esthetic and functional result were induced.
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KEYWORD
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Ectopic eruption, Transposition, Autotransplantation
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