unerupted maxillary incisors

Question 1

special investigations for assessing an unerupted maxillary incisor

Answer 1

anterior occlusal maxilla or pericapicals
- +/- OPT
CBCT

Question 2

potential factors leading to an unerupted maxillary incisor

Answer 2

trauma to primary tooth causing dilaceration of permanent tooth
early loss of primary tooth allowing adjacent teeth to drift resulting in a crowding = prevention of eruption

Question 3

unerupted upper central incisor - treatment options

Answer 3

accept malocclusion (not advised)
bring central incisor into line of arch
- URA or fixed appliance to make space for tooth
- surgical exposure - often closed exposure
surgically remove central incisor