Maxillary canine transposition – A literature review with case report

Tooth transposition is a severe disturbance of tooth eruptive position and their sequence, which involve certain teeth occurring at any of several specific sites in the mouth. Tooth transposition is of several types and their classification depends on the teeth involved. The review of literature aim...

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Main Authors: Shuchi Tripathi, Raghuwar D. Singh, Saumyendra Vikram Singh, Deeksha Arya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-05-01
Series:Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212426814000311
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Summary:Tooth transposition is a severe disturbance of tooth eruptive position and their sequence, which involve certain teeth occurring at any of several specific sites in the mouth. Tooth transposition is of several types and their classification depends on the teeth involved. The review of literature aims to discuss the incidence and identifying factors related to occurrence of this dental anomaly. The present study aims to discuss about the prosthetic treatment of a patient with unilateral maxillary canine – lateral incisor transposition with the absence of permanent lateral incisor.
ISSN:2212-4268