Abstract
A case is presented of a 13-year-old patient who had a class I occlusion on a class
I skeletal base but with a retained and submerged deciduous molar causing impaction
of the second premolar. Diagnostic imaging illustrates the potential challenges of
the removal of the retained deciduous molar. Magnetic resonance imaging used to identify
the path of the inferior alveolar neurovascular bundle clearly delineates its intimate
association with the impacted teeth and underscores the risk of trauma during extraction.
This is discussed with regard to other cases of submerged molars, and a strategy is
outlined. (Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2002;93:98-102)
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
June 13,
2001
Received in revised form:
May 8,
2001
Received:
March 28,
2001
Footnotes
*Reprint requests: Fraser McDonald, BDS, MSc, PhD, MOrth, FDS, Department of Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry, Floor 22, Guys Tower, St Thomas Street, London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom,[email protected]
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© 2002 Mosby, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
