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Controlled rotation and maxillary premolar extractions for the management of bilateral mandibular lateral incisor-canine fusion: A case report Cover

Controlled rotation and maxillary premolar extractions for the management of bilateral mandibular lateral incisor-canine fusion: A case report

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|Nov 2025

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Figure 1.

Initial extra- and intra-oral clinical photographs.
Initial extra- and intra-oral clinical photographs.

Figure 2.

Pretreatment maxillary and mandibular study models.
Pretreatment maxillary and mandibular study models.

Figure 3.

Pretreatment lateral cephalogram, panoramic radiograph, and tracing.
Pretreatment lateral cephalogram, panoramic radiograph, and tracing.

Figure 4.

Clinical photographs after 13 months of treatment.
Clinical photographs after 13 months of treatment.

Figure 5.

Post-treatment extra- and intra-oral clinical photographs.
Post-treatment extra- and intra-oral clinical photographs.

Figure 6.

Post-treatment maxillary and mandibular study models.
Post-treatment maxillary and mandibular study models.

Figure 7.

Post-treatment lateral cephalogram, panoramic radiograph, and tracing.
Post-treatment lateral cephalogram, panoramic radiograph, and tracing.

Figure 8.

Superimposed pretreatment and post-treatment cephalometric tracings.
Superimposed pretreatment and post-treatment cephalometric tracings.

Figure 9.

Three-year retention intra-oral photographs.
Three-year retention intra-oral photographs.

Cephalometric measurements: pretreatment and post-treatment values compared with population norms

MeasurementPretreatmentPost-treatmentNormal
Skeletal
  SNA (°)83.5283.0281.08 ± 3.7
  ANB (°)4.364.042.46 ± 1.8
  SNB (°)79.1678.9779.17 ± 3.8
  Wits appraisal (mm)–0.170.21–0.33 ± 2.7
  Pog to N-Perp (°)–4.46–6.05–1.8 ± 2.5
  A to N-Perp (°)2.151.270.4 ± 2.3
  Gonial angle (°)129.07129.21124.31 ± 5.4
  FMA (°)33.8633.7725 ± 4
  Bjork sum (°)402.49402397.16 ± 3.6
Dental
  Cant of occlusal plane (°)8.518.219.3 ± 3.8
  Upper incisal display (mm)4.271.722.5 ± 1.5
  L1 to NB (°)31.4925.3325 ± 5
  L1 to NB (mm)9.316.174 ± 2
  U1 to NA (°)23.3515.8722 ± 5
  U1 to NA (mm)6.983.294 ± 3
  Interincisal angle (°)120.8134.75128 ± 5.3
  IMPA (°)89.8584.3590 ± 3.5
  U1 to SN (°)106.8798.89105.28 ± 6.6
  Overbite (mm)2.622.262 ± 2
  Overjet (mm)4.23.022 ± 2
Soft-tissue
  Nasolabial angle (°)86.45101.5895 ± 5
  Upper lip to E-plane (mm)1.44–2.030 ± 2
  Lower lip to E-plane (mm)2.29–0.710 ± 2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2025-0037 | Journal eISSN: 2207-7480 | Journal ISSN: 2207-7472
Language: English
Page range: 357 - 368
Submitted on: Jul 1, 2025
Accepted on: Oct 1, 2025
Published on: Nov 10, 2025
Published by: Australian Society of Orthodontists Inc.
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2025 Viet Anh Nguyen, Thuy Anh Nguyen, published by Australian Society of Orthodontists Inc.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.