Impacted tooth: perio - ortho interdisciplinary management approach: a case series

A tooth normally erupts after the development of half to three-quarters of its final root length. After the tooth eruption, impaction is usually diagnosed well is generally asymptomatic. Tooth impaction is most frequent obstactle in daily orthodontic practice and, in most cases, it is recognized by chance in a routine dental examination or during orthodontic treatment. The treatment of impacted teeth requires multidisciplinary cooperation between orthodontist, periodontist and oral surgeon. With the help of orthodontic treatment and surgical exposure of impacted teeth are performed the impacted tooth is brought into the line of the arch. The treatment is long, more complicated and challenging. Current article presents an overview about different techniques available for surgical tooth exposure and some cases about surgical tooth exposure.