Oral Surgery and Orthodontics Flashcards
What are the surgical options for an impacted canine?
Leave alone and monitor
Buccal apically repositioned flap with bone removal.
Palatal open exposure with bone removal
- Leave it open and allow it to erupt.
Buccal or palatal closed exposure with gold chain attachment
- Surgical exposure and orthodontic alignment.
Extract the canine
Canine transplant.
What would be an indication for canine transplant?
We cannot reasonably get a result by exposure and traction.
Potential for damage to other teeth
Space is available or can be made available without premolar extraction.
The older patient who is seeking a quick solution.
What are kissing canines?
Teeth which have come together and met across a long distance.
Why is an apically positioned flap good?
Provides goo aesthetics- better gingival margin.
What would the indications be for a fraenectomy?
Only indication would be if the area is so fleshy that it is hard for the patient to clean- plaque and food gets stuck here.
Surgical removal of fleshy labual frenum.
