Case Report
Year : 2021 | Volume : 12 | Issue : 2 | Page : 79-84
An innovative therapeutic alternative for correcting the direction of eruption of a lower mandibular cuspid: A mixed dentition case report
Patricia Vergara-Villareal1, Karen Haydar Del Castillo2, Diana Milena Ramírez-Ossa3, Diana María Barbosa-Liz4
1 Orthodontic Posgraduate Program, Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia, 2 Orthodontic Private Practice, Cartagena, Colombia , 3 Orthodontic Posgraduate Program, GIONORTO Research Group, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, 4 Maxillary Orthopedic Posgraduate Program, Orthodontic Posgraduate Program, GIONORTO Research Group, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
Correspondence Address:
Prof. Diana María Barbosa-Liz
Faculty of Dentistry. University of Antioquia, Calle 70 # 52-21, Medellín, Colombia.
Abstract:
The use of miniscrews (MSs) as temporary anchorage devices in orthodontics has gained increased attention among researchers in recent years. However, these screws are usually used in permanent dentition. This case report discusses a patient for which an MS was used. An 11-year-old male with mixed dentition presented an ectopic eruption in his mandibular right canine had ectopic eruption. This altered pattern of eruption was corrected using surgical exposure and orthodontic traction with an elastic chain, assisted by a 2 mm × 10 mm interradicular MS placed between the patient's first and second lower deciduous molars. After 5 months with this traction, the patient's right lower cuspid ectopic guide was corrected. This use of an interradicular MS in mixed dentition was found to be both useful and safe.
Source of Support:
None,
Conflict of Interest:
None
DOI: 10.4103/ijor.ijor_8_21
How to cite this article: Vergara-Villareal P, Del Castillo KH, Ramírez-Ossa DM, Barbosa-Liz DM. An innovative therapeutic alternative for correcting the direction of eruption of a lower mandibular cuspid: A mixed dentition case report. Int J Orthod Rehabil 2021;12:79-84.
