Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5641688 | Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 2017 | 32 Pages |
Abstract
Supernumerary teeth need to be removed because they can cause various complications. Caution is needed because their removal can cause damage to permanent teeth or tooth germs in the local vicinity. Surgical guides have recently been used in maxillofacial surgery. Because surgical guides are designed through preoperative analysis by computer-aided design software and fabricated using a 3-dimensional printer applying computer-aided manufacturing technology, they increase the accuracy and predictability of surgery. This report describes 2 cases of removal of a mesiodens-1 from a child and 1 from an adolescent-using a surgical guide; these would have been difficult to remove with conventional surgical methods.
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Authors
Chanwoo DDS, MSD, Doohwan DDS, MSD, Byungho DDS, PhD, Jihun DDS, MSD,