Orthodontic management of a young boy with Class I malocclusion with crowding, supernumerary tooth and rotated central incisor: A case report

Authors

  • SM Omar Faruk Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Dhaka Dental College and Hospital, Dhaka
  • Imtaz Ershadul Haque Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Dhaka Dental College and Hospital, Dhaka
  • Md Zakir Hossain Professor & Head, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Dhaka Dental College & Hospital, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjodfo.v3i1.23998

Keywords:

Class I malocclusion, crowding, extra labial frenum, edgewise orthodontic therapy

Abstract

This article describe the treatment of a boy of 15 years old, with Class I malocclusion and anterior crowding and rotated upper right central incisor. The patient had thick and fleshy extra labial frenum between upper right central and lateral incisor. The patient had also rotated supernumerary tooth labial to upper right lateral incisor. The patient was treated by extraction of supernumerary tooth and frenectomy followed by derotation of right central incisor with standard edgewise orthodontic therapy.

Ban J Orthod & Dentofac Orthop, October 2012; Vol-3, No.1

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Author Biography

SM Omar Faruk, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Dhaka Dental College and Hospital, Dhaka



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Published

2015-07-04

How to Cite

Faruk, S. O., Haque, I. E., & Hossain, M. Z. (2015). Orthodontic management of a young boy with Class I malocclusion with crowding, supernumerary tooth and rotated central incisor: A case report. Bangladesh Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 3(1), 30–33. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjodfo.v3i1.23998

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2012)

Section

Case Reports