Late-Developing Supernumerary Premolars: Analysis of Different Therapeutic Approaches. (28th September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Paduano, Sergio; Rongo, Roberto; Lucchese, Alessandra; Aiello, Domenico; Michelotti, Ambrosina; Grippaudo, Cristina
• Other Names: Gavião Maria Beatriz Duarte Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in dentistry. Volume 2016(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-09-28
• Subjects: Dentistry -- Case studies -- Periodicals; Oral medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; Oral Medicine; Dentistry; Dentistry; Oral medicine; Electronic journals; Periodical; Case studies; Periodicals; Case Reports; Fulltext; Internet Resources; Periodicals; 617.6
• DOI: 10.1155/2016/2020489
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-6447

Abstract

Abstract : This case series describes the different potential approaches to late-developing supernumerary premolars (LDSP). LDSP are supernumerary teeth (ST) formed after the eruption of the permanent dentition; usually they develop in the premolar region of the upper and lower jaw. The choice to extract or to monitor the LDSP depends on many factors and has to be carefully planned due to the several risks that either the monitoring or the extraction could provoke. These four cases of LDSP showed different treatment plan alternatives derived from a scrupulous assessment of the clinical and radiographic information.