Case Report
Year : 2016 | Volume : 1 | Issue : 1 | Page : 22-25
Management of Traumatic Dental Injury, Midline Diastema, and Single Tooth Crossbite in a 9‐year‐old Child: A Pediatric Dentistry Approach
Sivakumar Nuvvula, Namratha Tharay, S. V. S. G. Nirmala, Sreekanth Kumar Mallineni
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India
Address for correspondence:
Prof. Sivakumar Nuvvula,
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Nellore ‐ 524 003, Andhra Pradesh, India.
E‐Mail: dentist4kids@gmail.com
Abstract
Traumatic dental injuries (TDIs) and malocclusion are the most common conditions affecting the esthetics during the mixed dentition period of children. The objective of the treatment should be conservative, economical, and comfortable to the patient, with satisfaction being the major treatment outcome. The purpose of thisreport isto describe the conservative management of TDI using calcium hydroxide apexification technique in a boy aged 9 years, along with correction of midline diastema and anterior crossbite by a removable appliance incorporating a single finger spring, Z‐spring, and posterior bite plane, respectively.
Key words: Children, crossbite, diastema, traumatic dental injury
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How to cite this article: Nuvvula S, Tharay N, Nirmala S, Mallineni SK. Management of traumatic dental injury, midline diastema, and single tooth crossbite in a 9-year-old child: A pediatric dentistry approach. Int J Pedod Rehabil 2016;1:22-5.
