Surgical exposure dan perawatan ortodontik pada impaksi gigi insisif sentral rahang atas (Surgical exposure and orthodontic treatment on labially impacted maxillary central incisor)

Abstract

Background: As a clinician we have to concern for an unerupted teeth especially in mixed dentition. Eruption failure can also be caused by early loss of deciduous teeth. Purpose: To report a case of unerupted maxillary central incisor caused by early loss of deciduous teeth due to trauma and the combination of excisional and orthodontic treatment. Case: A 8-years-old girl in mixed dentition phase came to Universitas Airlangga Dental Hospital with chief complaint of unerupted right maxillary central incisor while the left central incisor and both lateral incisor had erupted already. She had trauma when she was 1 year old and loss mostly her primary maxillary central incisors. An intraoral examination revealed lack of space in #11 region with root retained of #51, bulge was palpated in vestibulum and periapical radiograph showed that a delayed eruption upper central incisor without presence of disturbance. Case management: The exposure of the tooth was under local anesthesia a year after the orthodontic performed to make enough space for traction the tooth. A button was placed at palatal and used elastic strait to traction the tooth. After 3 months, bracket placed at labial to positioning until leveled and aligned with adjacent teeth. Conclusion: A simple excisional and orthodontic treatment were succesfully treated the labially impacted teeth.