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Key words: Etiology; midline diastema; stability.

Year : 2016 | Volume : 7 | Issue : 3 | Page : 101-104

Midline diastema

M Ketaki Kamath, AV Arun

Department of Orthodontics, Saveetha Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Correspondence Address:

M Ketaki Kamath

D5, Sneha Sadan, #3 Karpagam Avenue, Chennai - 600 028, Tamil Nadu, India.

Abstract:

Midline diastema is a space between the maxillary and/or mandibular central incisors. Midline diastema can be due to various causes such as genetic, environmental, and so on. Proper history taking and correct diagnosis of the etiology of the diastema is essential to ensure that the orthodontic correction is successful, and no future relapse takes place. The presence of diastema between the central incisors in the adult patient has esthetics and malocclusion concerns.

Source of Support: 

None 

Conflict of Interest: 

None

DOI: 10.4103/2349-5243.192532

How to cite this article: Kamath MK, Arun AV. Midline diastema. Int J Orthod Rehabil 2016;7:101-4.

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