Perawatan gigi impaksi anterior rahang atas pada remaja (The treatment of maxillary anterior impacted teeth in adolescent)

• Main Authors: Herdi Eko Pranjoto, Jusuf Sjamsudin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Airlangga 2005-09-01
• Series: Dental Journal: Majalah Kedokteran Gigi
• Subjects: impacted; germinectomy; third molar; canine
• Online Access: http://e-journal.unair.ac.id/index.php/MKG/article/view/1133

<span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>The incidence of impacted tooth in adolescent is usually found by oral surgeon or orthodontist during their sequence of treatments. </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>The maxillary anterior teeth, especially canine and third lower molar are the most common impacted teeth found as the result of </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>their eruption disturbances. The surgical technique principle is to facilitate the impacted tooth, so that it can be erupted by creating </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>a window and take the bone obstructed surrounding the tooth crown surgically and afterward it is orthodontically tracted. In a case </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>of third molar germ which is predicted to be impacted in mesio version position, germinectomy is preferred to prevent anterior </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>mechanical drive during its development which may cause mal-alignment of the mandibular teeth. Germinectomy which is usually </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>easier than odontectomy, the germ position, and less complication after the surgical intervention are three factors that should be </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>considered in making decision.</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /></span>