Mandibular second molar impaction treatment using skeletal anchorage

Vol. 53 No. 4, 2012

ROMANIAN JOURNAL of MORPHOLOGY and EMBRYOLOGY

Aurelia Magdalena Enache, I. Nicolescu, Carmen Elena Georgescu

The mandibular second molar impaction is a rare dental anomaly with a very challenging treatment. Although there are some treatment modalities, often the proper option is surgical exposure and orthodontically assisted eruption with a high rate of success depending on the appropriate appliance design, which assures a good control of the tooth movement with minimum side effects. A case report of a severe bilaterally impaction of the mandibular second molar in an adolescent female patient is presented, successfully treated using a miniplate, as skeletal anchorage.

Corresponding author: Magdalena Enache, Assistant, DDS, PhD; e-mail: enache_magdalena@yahoo.com

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