Interceptive management of ectopically erupting central incisor - A case report

• Main Authors: Brinda Suhas Godhi, Raghavendra Shanbhog, H P Chanchala
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
• Series: Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
• Subjects: ectopic eruption; management; primary dentition; radicular cyst
• Online Access: http://www.jisppd.com/article.asp?issn=0970-4388;year=2019;volume=37;issue=4;spage=409;epage=413;aulast=Godhi

Radicular cysts are considered to be rare in the primary dentition comprising 0.5%–3.3% of the total number of radicular cysts in both primary and permanent dentition. Ectopic eruption is an eruption disturbance with the prevalence of 5.6% with majority being permanent central incisors. Etiology for eruption disturbance commonly includes odontoma, cysts, supernumerary teeth, and crown-root malformation. Ectopic eruption of permanent incisor due to radicular cyst associated with traumatized primary incisor is a very rare clinical entity that requires timely interception. The present case illustrates the clinical feature and multi-disciplinary management of ectopic eruption of permanent central incisor in a 9-year-old girl child.