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Surgery combined with orthodontic treatment for bilateral horizontally impacted mandibular second molars: A case report Cover

Surgery combined with orthodontic treatment for bilateral horizontally impacted mandibular second molars: A case report

Open Access
|Mar 2024

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Figure 1.

(A) Pretreatment intraoral photographs. (B) Intraoral photographs 3 months after orthodontic treatment commencement. (C) Intraoral photographs 5 months after the left MM2 uprighting. (D) Intraoral photographs after treatment.

Figure 2.

(A) Radiograph before treatment. (B) Radiograph after 3 months of orthodontic treatment. (C) Micro-implant anchorage implanted in the left mandibular ramus. (D) Radiograph after micro-implant anchorage implanted in the right mandibular ramus for 7 months. (E) Radiograph after treatment. (F) Micro-implant anchorage implanted in the right mandibular ramus.

Figure 3.

(A) Horizontal CT image of the bilateral MdM2s before treatment. (B) Coronal CT image of the bilateral MdM2s before treatment. (C) Sagittal CT images of the right MdM2 before treatment. (D) Sagittal CT images of the left MdM2 before treatment.

Figure 4.

(A) Pretreatment 3D images. (B) After 3 months of orthodontic treatment and extraction of the bilateral MdM3s. (C) 3D images after treatment.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2024-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2207-7480 | Journal ISSN: 2207-7472
Language: English
Page range: 67 - 72
Submitted on: Dec 1, 2023
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Accepted on: Feb 1, 2024
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Published on: Mar 20, 2024
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2024 Kongliang Li, Tingting Wang, Xueqin Bai, published by Australian Society of Orthodontists Inc.
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