When the Midline Diastema Is Not Characteristic of the “Ugly Duckling” Stage

This case report presents the interceptive orthodontic treatment of a 9-year, 5-month-old boy with class I malocclusion, a 9.0-mm maxillary midline diastema, and deviation from the midline. The treatment goals were to decrease the magnitude of the diastema and to simulate the characteristics of the...

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Main Authors: Orlando Motohiro Tanaka, Alessandro Yuske Kusano Morino, Oscar Fernando Machuca, Neblyssa Ágatha Schneider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Dentistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/924743