Modified serial extraction in a case with missing mandibular second premolars and a brief review of related treatment modalities

This article discusses a case of an 8-year-old female child who presented with severe lower anterior crowding and congenitally missing lower second premolars. A conventional serial extraction procedure could not be performed due to the congenital absence of teeth. Instead, planned extraction of a fe...

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Main Authors: P Chalakkal, Ida de Noronha de Ataide, F Akkara, G Malhotra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
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Online Access:http://www.jisppd.com/article.asp?issn=0970-4388;year=2013;volume=31;issue=2;spage=126;epage=131;aulast=Chalakkal