ORTHODONTIC MANAGEMENT OF CONGENITALLY MISSING LATERAL INCISORS – A RARE CASE REPORT FROM INDIA
Navneet Kaur Bhatia* and Navleen Kaur Bhatia
ABSTRACT
This case report describes the orthodontic treatment of a woman, aged 20 years, who came to the Department of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Santosh Dental college, Ghaziabad with the chief complaint of congenitally missing permanent maxillary lateral incisors. Profile of patient was convex with end on canine and Class I molar relation. Midline diastema of 4mm was present with generalized spacing in lower interiors. MBT fixed appliance was used along with preservation of space mesial to canines for dental implant placement. The missing lateral incisors were substituted with oral implants.
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