ortho and oral surgery

Question 1

What Tx involving the soft tissues are there for impacted canines

Answer 1

Buccal apically repositioned flap

Palatal open exposure

Question 2

What Tx involving the hard tissues is there for impacted canines

Answer 2

Buccal apically repositioned flap with bone removal

Palatal open exposure with bone removal

Buccal or palatal closed exposure with gold chain attachment

Extraction

Question 3

What are the indications for a canine transplant

Answer 3

We cannot reasonably get a result by exposure and traction

There is a 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

Question 4

When carrying out a V to Y frenoplasty what is different with the suture carried out

Answer 4

Its all 1 suture for the first 1 to get all the soft tissues together

Question 5

What will always happen to a transplanted tooth

Answer 5

Ankylosis