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Spontaneous uprighting of permanent tooth germs after elimination of local eruption obstacles

Spontane Aufrichtung bleibender Zahnkeime nach Beseitigung von lokalen Durchbruchshindernissen

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Four clinical cases are presented to demonstrate the self-correcting potential of aberrant tooth germs after the elimination of eruption obstacles (in 2 cases cysts, in 2 other cases severely infraoccluded primary teeth). In the case of the submerging deciduous teeth, the tilted adjacent teeth were orthodontically uprighted after the surgical procedure. Possible causative mechanisms are discussed.

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Anhand von vier Fallbeispielen wird gezeigt, in welchem Ausmaß nach Beseitigung von Durchbruchshindernissen (in zwei Fällen Zysten, in zwei weiteren Fällen reinkludierte Milchzähne) stark verlagerte Zahnkeime ihre Achsenstellung verbessern können, um schließlich spontan durchbrechen zu können. Im Falle der reinkludierten Milchmolaren wurden nach dem operativen Eingriff zusätzlich die gekippten Nachbarzähne aufgerichtet. Mögliche Mechanismen für die beobachtete Spontanaufrichtung der verlagerten bleibenden Zahnkeime werden diskutiert.

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Wagner, M., Katsaros, C. & Goldstein, T. Spontaneous uprighting of permanent tooth germs after elimination of local eruption obstacles. J Orofac Orthop/Fortschr Kieferorthop 60, 279–285 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01299786

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