Surgical-orthodontic management of dental impaction.

UNLABELLED: The aim of this study was to assess the management of impacted teeth using surgical-orthodontic techniques at a dental treatment centre in Casablanca and to suggest strategies designed to enhance treatment of dental impaction.

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

The sample comprised 30 patients represented by their clinical files (mean age: 17 years; standard deviation: 8.141).

RESULTS

Impaction most often involved a single tooth (56.7%), generally the upper canine (66%). The location was buccal in 43.3% of cases and generally high (63.3%). Presurgical orthodontic treatment was required in 80 of these cases. A closed eruption technique is reported in 93.1% of cases. Mean treatment duration was 11.4 months. The success rate of the surgical technical technique was 70%.

DISCUSSION: A similarity exists between most of the variables studied and findings of other studies published on the same topic.